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Melaka Sustainability Outlook Diagnostic : Supporting Report 2 - Integrating Environmental Plans
World Bank Group - 2019
Rapid urbanization and overconsumption can threaten the natural environment, resource efficiency and resilience of a region, which are essential components of urban sustainability. Human effects which cause environmental degradation include poor sanitation and waste disposal, overconsumption of...
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Myanmar Country Environmental Analysis : Environmental Impact Assessment System Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2019
Myanmar has relied heavily on natural resource exploitation to sustain economic growth, and serious environmental issues are emerging, underlining the importance of transparent and robust Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) system. There are growing concerns around the impacts of the...
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Pakistan Strategic Country Environmental Assessment
World Bank Group - 2006
The urgency of addressing Pakistan's environmental problems has probably never been greater. Conservative estimates presented in this report suggest that environmental degradation costs the country at least 6 percent of GDP, or about Rs. 365 billion per year, and these costs fall...
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Merit, Discrimination, and Democratization : An Analysis of Promotion Patterns in Indonesia's Civil Service
World Bank Group - 2018
What effect does democratization have on meritocratic practices in the civil service? Democratization increases … servants' performance-enhancing characteristics, democratization increases discrimination. The author test this argument using … servants. The author exploits the exogenous timing of Indonesia's democratization in 1999, paired with an individual …
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Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner's Handbook
World Bank Group - 2016
-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource … energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank's Climate Competitive Industries program, and is …
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The Distributional Impact of COVID-19 Fiscal Policies on Households, with Emphasis on Da Nang City
World Bank Group - 2021
programs sufficient Based on the World Bank COVID-19 monitoring surveys, national-level results indicate that cash transfer …
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Risks to Poverty, Vulnerability, and Inequality from COVID-19 : Nepal Light Poverty Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
Nepal made significant progress on poverty and shared prosperity over the period 1996-2010, despite low domestic growth. With consistently high rates of vulnerability and exposure to a range of shocks, the risk of falling back into poverty has remained an enduring feature of the welfare...
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Living Conditions in Grenada : Poverty and Equity Update
World Bank Group - 2021
This poverty and equity report provides updated poverty and inequality statistics from the Grenada Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budget Survey (SLCHBS) conducted between 2018 and 2019 by the Central Statistical Office of Grenada. The SLCHBS 2018-2019 is the third in a series of...
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The Gradual Rise and Rapid Decline of the Middle Class in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Bank Group - 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reported over 30 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and around 960,000 deaths as of May 2021. Official tracking data shows that Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina have the highest number of reported cases throughout LAC, which in turn is the region with among...
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Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in Moldova : Progress and Prospects
World Bank Group - 2016
Moldova has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decade, which has been accompanied by reductions in poverty and good performance in shared prosperity. Nonetheless, Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in Europe and faces challenges in sustaining the progress. The challenges for...
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