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

World Bank Group - 2019

cities and national capitals, while many areas fall further behind. Slovakia illustrates the difference between national … convergence and subnational divergence. While Slovakia is considered one of the EU's economic stars, it also has some of the union …'s highest regional disparities. Slovakia's impressive economic gains over the last two decades were led by Bratislava region …

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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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Drivers and Health Impacts of Ambient Air Pollution in Slovakia

World Bank Group - 2021

), provides an estimate of the health impacts of current concentrations of air pollutants in the Republic of Slovakia across its … consequences of the levels of ambient air pollution in Slovakia (which is among the highest in Europe) and to evaluate different …

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Slovakia - Understanding the Productivity of Slovakia's Local Governments : Key findings from an empirical study

World Bank Group - 2024

in Slovakia. It leverages administrative data to measure productivity from the Fabasoft and Cezir data systems that …

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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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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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