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Plastics have been a development driver for decades but have turned into a development problem due to their omnipresence in the environment. Marine litter and plastic pollution have attracted much attention and commitments from governments and the private sector alike in the past few years....
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The World Bank prepared three background studies as inputs for the development of the Cambodia Logistics Master Plan led by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in 2017-2018. These studies benefit from a close coordination and collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...
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Bangladesh has been successful on many counts. The economy grew six percent a year between 2000 and 2017, and the poverty rate fell by more than half. All sectors experienced growth, but the contribution of agriculture to gross domestic product (GDP) declined, as Bangladesh became an important...
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This document has been produced by the World Bank to underpin the Republic of Uzbekistan's 'Strategy for the Development of the Transport System until 2035' as it continues structural reforms and transitions the country to a competitive market-oriented economy. The policy paper aims to provide a...
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inland transport services. Transportation and logistics services are expected to be severely impacted by continuing high fuel …
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Cambodia is now weathering an oil price shock, just as the economy had started to recover amid a rollback of Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related restrictions. Negative impacts of the oil price shock are amplified by Cambodia's already large external imbalances. Rising food and energy prices have...
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The Read@Home Track and Trace to Strengthen Book Supply Chains project involved the creation of a best practices guide to implementing track and trace solutions for Teaching and Learning Materials (TLM). Support was also provided to five target countries to adapt these best practices to the...
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Disasters associated with the impact of natural hazards have had adverse social and fiscal effects on Panama over time, and the Government of Panama (GoP) is therefore committed to strengthening the financial management of disaster risks. Actions taken by the GoP in financial management of...
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The World Bank Treasury's Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) conducted its third survey on reserve …, contributed to the survey, which included questions on investment policies, asset allocation, risk management, environmental … diversify their reserves into more currencies and asset classes within fixed income. Survey results also indicate that central …
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