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Malaysia Economic Monitor, June 2021 : Weathering the Surge
World Bank Group - 2021
In recent months, there has been a steep increase in the number of daily new cases and, more disturbingly, in the number of deaths. While it took almost one year for Malaysia to record its first 100,000 cases, the increase in the number of new cases between April to May 2021 alone amounted to...
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Developing Parametric Insurance for Weather Related Risks for Indonesia
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2018
Java Government to transfer drought risk. This study uses over 50 years of historical gridded precipitation and temperature … the Ministry of Agriculture of Central Java, the National Weather Service of Indonesia (BMKG), the Office of the Insurance …
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Iran Economic Monitor, Fall 2018 : Weathering Economic Challenges
World Bank Group - 2018
Iran's GDP growth in 2017/18 eased considerably as the effect of large surge in oil revenues in the previous year dissipated. After undergoing an oil-based bounce in the economy in 2016/17, the economy registered a 3.8 percent growth in 2017/18 with the overwhelming majority of growth coming...
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Iran Economic Monitor, Fall 2020 : Weathering the Triple-Shock
World Bank Group - 2020
The Iranian economy entered a third consecutive year of recession following the triple-shock of sanctions, oil market collapse and Coronavirus (COVID-19). High inflation placed additional economic stress on lower income households following a sharp depreciation of the currency. As Coronavirus...
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Lebanon Poverty and Equity Assessment 2024 : Weathering a Protracted Crisis
World Bank Group - 2024
This report provides an assessment of the current state of poverty and inequality in Lebanon. It documents the impact of a protracted economic crisis on households, that is well into its fifth year, along with their responses and investigates how the crisis has potentially affected labor market...
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The African Regional Weather Enterprise : Current Private Sector Landscape
World Bank Group - 2023
(hydromet) and early warning services (EWS) in Sub-Saharan Africa within the current landscape of the Africa Regional Weather …
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Ghana : Economic Diversification Through Productivity Enhancement
World Bank Group - 2019
After nearly a decade of strong growth fueled by the boom in commodity prices, Ghana's economy remains undiversified and vulnerable to external shocks.This report strives to analyze the main challenges for economic diversification from a productivity angle.In looking at a set of high-growth...
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Unlocking Jobs and Growth Through Productivity : A Firm-Level Diagnostic of Albania
World Bank Group - 2019
employment and productivity gaps remain. Between 2006 and 2016 the country has seen a doubling of its formal private sector …, creating 270,000 jobs. Part of these jobs were genuinely new - total employment in Albania increased by 100,000 jobs in the … same time period - while other jobs were the result from people switching from agriculture to manufacturing and services …
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2014 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks' Climate Finance
World Bank Group - 2015
This joint report on MDB Climate Finance captures a particular context of activities that Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) carry out in developing and emerging economies. The context is built on the premise that development finance is being provided in a world shaped by climate change. This...
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Not-So-Magical Realism : A Climate Stress Test of the Colombian Banking System
World Bank Group - 2021
weather-related events and gradual changes in climatic conditions) and transition risks (that is, those emanating from …
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