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Soil Organic Carbon MRV Sourcebook for Agricultural Landscapes
World Bank Group - 2021
Despite the significant potential of soil to sequester organic carbon, there are challenges to implementing carbon sequestration projects. For example, changes in soil carbon can be relatively small in magnitude per unit area and slow to be fully achieved, while its measurement and monitoring...
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People and Forest Interface : Contribution of Liberia's Forests to Household Incomes, Subsistence, and Resilience
World Bank Group - 2020
Liberia is one of the most forested countries in West Africa, with more than two thirds of its land surface covered by forest. The National Forest Inventory, conducted by the Liberia Forestry Development Authority in 2018 and 2019, estimates the forest cover in Liberia to be 6.69 million...
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South Africa : Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review
World Bank Group - 2021
Despite being an upper middle income country, South Africa's high inequality and the long-lasting legacies of apartheid mean that the country is faced with numerous development challenges, many of which are characteristic of countries with much lower incomes. This paper focuses on social...
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South Africa Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review : Policy Brief
World Bank Group - 2021
South Africa's social assistance system represents a major intervention by government in addressing the deprivation amongst the country's population. The system is extensive in terms of both the number of people it covers, directly and indirectly, as well as in terms of the amount of scarce...
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South Africa Economic Update, Edition 13 : Building Back Better from COVID-19 with a Special Focus on Jobs
World Bank Group - 2021
South Africa is set to emerge from the crisis weaker than it had been going into it. However, this Economic Update argues that the reasons for low growth and high unemployment do not lie in the government's crisis response, which has generally been sound. Growth is expected to reach 4 percent in...
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South Africa : Financial Sector Assessment
World Bank Group - 2022
The South African financial system has weathered the shock of COVID-19 but faces growing risks emanating from a weak macroeconomic outlook. The pandemic crisis hit South Africa hard, with nonresident capital outflows accelerating and the domestic and global slowdown precipitating a6.4 percent...
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Inequality in Southern Africa : An Assessment of the Southern African Customs Union
World Bank Group - 2022
(education, skills, land, among others) by disadvantaged populations slows progress towards a more equitable income distribution …. In a context where jobs are scarce, having post-secondary or tertiary education is key to both accessing jobs, and … reduction will require concerted action in three policy areas: (a) expanding coverage and quality of education, health, and …
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Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations
World Bank Group - 2021
Access to international markets plays a critical role in an economy's growth and development. Trade facilitation, the simplification, modernization, and harmonization of export and import processes has therefore emerged as an important issue for countries, as is reflected in the World Trade...
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Evaluation of the National Adherence Guidelines for Chronic Diseases in South Africa : Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Different Care Models, 2017
World Bank Group - 2017
This report presents the result of the qualitative evaluation to understand the implementation of five adherence interventions from the provider perspective in four South African provinces. The research is part of the evaluation of the new Adherence Guidelines for HIV, TB and other chronic...
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Evaluation of the National Adherence Guidelines for Chronic Diseases in South Africa : Patient Perspectives on Differentiated Care Models, 2017
World Bank Group - 2017
This report presents the result of the qualitative evaluation to understand the implementation of five adherence interventions from the patient perspective in four South African provinces. The research is part of the evaluation of the new Adherence Guidelines for HIV, TB and other chronic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645069