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Chongqing 2035 : Spatial and Economic Transformation for a Global City

World Bank Group - 2019

Geographically, Chongqing is strategically positioned as a gateway to China's west, a key connection in the Yangtze river economic belt, and a strategic base for China's belt and road initiative. Over the past two decades, Chongqing has faced significant challenges, including the resettlement of...

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Yokohama Development Knowledge Sourcebook

World Bank Group - 2018

The City of Yokohama offers useful lessons for other cities seeking to achieve sustainable urban development. It simultaneously managed rapid economic growth and a sharp rise in population through a series of thoughtfully conceived and well" integrated development projects and regulative...

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Credit Reporting Knowledge Guide 2019

World Bank Group - 2019

Access to finance is an essential component of economic development and job creation. A host of studies have shown a positive correlation between financial development and economic growth. Access to finance is also critical for larger corporations and conglomerates, which, given their size,...

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Impact of Counseling on Knowledge, Feelings and Actions of Over-Indebted Borrowers in Tajikistan

World Bank Group - 2016

opportunities for savings. In order to assess the impact of counseling campaigns on consumers' knowledge about their financial …

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Disruptive Technologies in the Credit Information Sharing Industry : Developments and Implications

World Bank Group - 2019

This note analyzes the evolution of Credit Information Systems, including the emergence of new technologies that use alternative data in credit decisioning and the opportunities and risks associated with these trends. This paper also predicts the potential development effect of these disruptive...

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World Bank Knowledge Sharing and Reuse Incentive Framework

World Bank Group - 2019

This document presents an incentive framework aiming to improve knowledge sharing (KS) and reusing behaviors at the … World Bank. Given the nature of the Bank's work, evidence suggests that effective and efficient knowledge sharing might be … assessing the psychological drivers of and barriers to knowledge sharing. The authors carried out a behavioral diagnostic which …

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Research Institutions : Fostering Knowledge Linkages and Transferring Technology in Malaysia

World Bank Group - 2020

The transition to a more innovation-based growth model is even more urgent in the current uncertain global context[1 … correlation between levels of innovation and productivity. Malaysia recognizes the need to embrace an innovation-driven growth … policy efforts through reforms and improvements to bolster educational as well as science, technology and innovation …

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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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Agreement for Advisory Services on Assistance to the Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration on Harmonizing State- and EU-Funded Projects in Regions

World Bank Group - 2015

final reports and 24 knowledge sharing workshops organized in all eight regions in Romania in 2015. Several 'bonus' outputs …

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Regional Development in the South of Mexico : Infrastructure for Growth and Poverty Alleviation

World Bank Group - 2002

This report examines the role of infrastructure in explaining why the region lags so far behind the rest of the country. More importantly, it looks at how improved infrastructure may help the region catch up. Infrastructure is examined here through its impact on social as well as economic...

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