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Rapid and Integrated Agriculture Risk Management Review for Brazil : Towards an Integrated Vision
World Bank Group - 2017
The agriculture sector of Brazil faces a large number of risks linked to the productive process, which has led to … limitation, it is important to maximize the economic returns of agriculture risk management actions. Brazil built important … to undertake a rapid and integrated review of agriculture risk management in Brazil, identifying gaps and opportunities …
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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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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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Where is the Value in the Chain? : Pathways out of Plastic Pollution
World Bank Group - 2022
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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Chad SME Competitiveness and Global Value Chain Upgrading Diagnostics with Focus on Opportunities in the Domestic and Regional Markets
World Bank Group - 2021
This study aims to explore ways in which key competencies of the oil and gas industry could be leveraged to support the diversification of the Chadian economy. The analysis focused on identifying opportunities and prioritizing core competencies in specific segments of the oil and gas value chain...
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Leveraging the Rice Value Chain for Poverty Reduction in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar
World Bank Group - 2016
Rice is an important agricultural product and food staple in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), especially for its three low-income members - Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar. These countries are net exporters of rice, similar to their more advanced neighbors, Thailand and Vietnam, but their rice...
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Towards a G20 Strategy for Promoting Inclusive Global Value Chains
OECD - 2016
The paper draws on the Inclusive Global Value Chains report submitted by the OECD and the World Bank Group to G20 Trade Ministers in October 2015, refining and prioritizing the options contained therein. The original report proposed a holistic approach to promoting more inclusive Global Value...
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Leveraging a Large Capital Investment to Develop Local Value Chains : Local Content in the Construction of Tanzania's LNG Facility
World Bank Group - 2016
The discovery of large, deep-sea, natural gas reserves in Southern Tanzania and plans for their development have sparked a national discussion about how Local Content can be maximized in a way that benefits the economy as a whole. Large-scale exploitation of Tanzania's off-shore gas fields is...
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Cereal Market Performance in Ethiopia : Policy Implications for Improving Investments in Maize and Wheat Value Chains
World Bank Group - 2018
The objective of this study is to provide an updated overview on the performance of cereal markets in Ethiopia. Specifically, the study seeks to inform and guide project operations for the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and the World Bank. First, it aims to inform the government about incentives...
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