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Linking Farmers to Markets through Productive Alliances : An Assessment of the World Bank Experience in Latin America

World Bank Group - 2016

productive alliance approach adopted by 21 projects in 10 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean. With funding of over … United States (U.S.) 1 billion dollar since the early 2000s, increasing evidence suggests that the productive alliance … report are based on a detailed overview and comparison of different productive alliance projects in terms of targeting …

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Bulgaria Blue Economy Policy Note : Toward a Blue Economy Development

World Bank Group - 2020

This policy note reviews the challenges and opportunities that are central to the transition of the Republic of Bulgaria's key marine-based economic sectors to blue economic development. The term blue economy refers to the sustainable use of ocean and maritime resources for economic growth,...

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Impacts of Covid-19 on the World Bank's Forest Investment Program Portfolio

World Bank Group - 2023

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The pandemic has taken a drastic human toll, and its global-scale economic and social impacts affected rural development work focused on the most poor and vulnerable populations. It has...

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Evaluation of the Portfolio of Regional Development Investment Projects

World Bank Group - 2015

In the context of Romania's push toward sustainable and inclusive development, the government has asked the World Bank to support the harmonization of public investments financed by the European Union and the state budget. The current report describes the national program for local development...

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The Landscape for Institutional Investing in 2018 : Perspectives of Institutional Investors, An Input into the Investor Forum

World Bank Group - 2018

The high-level Investor Forum will take place on November 29, 2018, in Buenos Aires, hosted by the President of Argentina, this year's chair of the G20, and co-organized with the World Bank Group. The Forum will bring together leaders from the public sector and the global investment communityto...

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Housing Finance : Investment Opportunities for Pension Funds

World Bank Group - 2018

The global housing deficit in both developed and developing countries is increasing - driven by demographic and other mega-trends including urbanization and income inequality. Global pension fund assets, on the other hand, are both growing and increasingly looking for long-term, productive...

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Portfolio Risk Assessment Using Risk Index

World Bank Group - 2021

This Technical Note provides detailed information on the Brazilian risk classification system using the RI approach and the Indian RI system for the initial risk screening of a large portfolio of existing dams. Annex A provides basic information about the RI approach used in Quebec, Canada, for...

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Central Bank Reserve Management Practices : Insights into Public Asset Management

World Bank Group - 2021

The World Bank Treasury's Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) conducted its third survey on reserve management practices in 2021. One hundred and nineteen central banks, from different regions, income groups, and reserve levels, contributed to the survey, which included questions...

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The Impacts of Disaster Risk on Sovereign Asset and Liability Management

World Bank Group - 2021

Implicit contingent liabilities, such as those generated by natural disasters, are often not quantified in the government balance sheet. However, when they materialize, they place pressure on government finances that may raise interest expenditures and financial risks. Understanding the impacts...

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