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Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia

World Bank Group - 2017

Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia's potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity … in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its vast territory remain stark. This report explores the current state of …

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Convergence : Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa

World Bank Group - 2020

Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new...

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Slovakia Catching-Up Regions : Presov Region - Key Development Dynamics

World Bank Group - 2019

Though the European Union (EU) is a development conversion machine for national economies, it is less so for subnational regions. EU accession countries have been catching up to regional averages in terms of economic development since they joined the union. The economic success of the accession...

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Slovakia Catching-Up Regions 4 - Open Data in Regional Land Use Planning : A technical note prepared for the Self-governing Region of Kosice as part of the Slovakia Catching-up Reg...

World Bank Group - 2023

Land use planning is one of the most important policy instruments for urban and regional development aiming to meet the needs of the populations while considering various factors such as environmental sustainability, economic development, and social well-being. The process of land use planning...

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Rolling Back Russia's Spatial Disparities : Re-assembling the Soviet Jigsaw Under a Market Economy

World Bank Group - 2018

Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when … and even lower population densities than Russia, a large share of their populations live near the border or the sea. In … contrast, Russia's people are more dispersed inland. Moreover, the populations of Australia and Canada are concentrated in …

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Poland Catching-Up Regions : Strengthening the Implementation of Work-Based Learning

World Bank Group - 2017

Worldwide, Vocational Education and Training (VET) is receiving increasing attention, particularly as a potentially useful instrument to address high unemployment rates among youth. In 2016, the World Bank started providing technical assistance to the self government of Poland's Swietokrzyskie...

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Slovakia Catching-up Regions : Unlocking the Endogenous Tourism Potential of Poloniny National Park and the Snina District of the Slovak Republic

World Bank Group - 2019

The report examines the current tourism development and market of the Presovsky Samospravny Kraj, Presov Self-Governing Region (PSK), focusing particularly on the lagging district of Snina and the National Park of Poloniny, and the opportunities for their improvement as potential drivers of...

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Malaysia Economic Monitor - Catching Up : Inclusive Recovery Growth for Lagging States

World Bank Group - 2022

Global growth slowed markedly in H1 2022. This was due to COVID-19 resurgences at the turn of the year; protracted supply disruptions; reduced macroeconomic support; and substantial negative spillovers from the war in Ukraine. The conflict, which has sparked the largest commodity price shock in...

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Disparate Outcomes : A Multisectoral Nutrition Assessment and Gap Analysis of Vietnam's Ethnic Minority Populations

World Bank Group - 2019

On average, Vietnam has achieved remarkable improvements in nutritional status in recent decades, but improvements in national aggregates mask wide disparities and a persistent 'very high' burden among disadvantaged ethnic minority groups. Between 2000 and 2010, national stunting rates dropped...

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Mind the Rural Investment Gap : Disparities in Access to Basic Infrastructure and Directions for Mozambique's Public Investment Program

World Bank Group - 2019

Against the backdrop of increasing income inequality, this report uses spatial analysis to assesses whether disparities in access to basic infrastructure between Mozambique's lagging and leading regions are growing or declining and whether the public expenditure program is effective in...

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