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Pacific Maritime Transport Systems : Hazard Exposure Technical Note

World Bank Group - 2023

This Technical Note supplements the overarching regional report 'A Blue Transformation for Pacific Maritime Transport (World Bank, 2022)'. It provides more detail on, and analysis of, natural hazards in the Pacific affecting port infrastructure and operations. While natural hazards are a major...

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Enhancing Competition Conditions and Competitiveness of Philippine Domestic Shipping

World Bank Group - 2014

, this is presently not the case. The domestic shipping industry is characterized by high costs, low quality of service, and … a poor safety record. Logistics cost accounts for 24-53 percent of wholesale price, while shipping and port handling … cost around 8 percent of wholesale price and 5 percent of retail price. Philippine domestic shipping is generally more …

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Policy Options for Liberalizing Philippine Maritime Cabotage Restrictions

World Bank Group - 2014

liberalization is to help i) foster more competition in the domestic shipping industry, ii) reduce shipping cost, and iii) improve … efficiency, maritime services, and safety standards. These, together with complementary reforms in domestic shipping and ports … cabotage is organized as follows. Part one provides an overview of the domestic shipping industry and discusses the key issues …

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Turkey Economic Monitor, December 2018 : Steadying the Ship

World Bank Group - 2018

Mid-2018 was a period of intense market volatility and rising economic stress in Turkey that was precipitated by existing macroeconomic imbalances and elevated political tensions with the United Staes. A confluence of burgeoning domestic economic imbalances and a more challenging external...

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Timor-Leste Economic Report, December 2021 : Steadying the Ship

World Bank Group - 2021

Given the finite nature of petroleum resources and associated sovereign wealth fund, it iscritical for Timor-Leste to build a strong foundation for sustainable revenue mobilization tofinance public spending on development and poverty reduction. Timor-Leste faces the risks ofa fiscal cliff as,...

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A Blue Transformation for Pacific Maritime Transport : Overarching Regional Transport

World Bank Group - 2023

, where relevant, key areas for future attention. The topics are: international shipping, gateway ports, domestic maritime … transport, four related sectors, cruise ship tourism, tuna fisheries, fossil fuel imports, and bulk shipping, natural disasters …

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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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