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The European Union's Cohesion Policy is its biggest investment instrument. It supports the Europe 2020 strategy of smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth. With a budget of EUROS 351.8 billion for 2014-2020, the Cohesion Policy accounts for around one-third of the EU budget. The Cohesion Policy...
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statistics on the size of public procurement in economies around the world. While data are publicly available for High …-income economies, for the rest of the world, data and studies are scarce. However, public procurement is as important in developing …
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across the world. The survey identified expanded access to finance for firms and individuals and strengthened competition as …
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Policies, institutions, and regulation (PIR) are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs … are higher than ever. PIR needs to be strengthened, adjusted, and scaled up to meet the needs of a changing world. The … World Bank has reviewed the experience of various countries with PIR and has documented its insights in a new report. This …
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-20 prepared in collaboration by the Government of Bangladesh and the World Bank (World Bank 2016). At present, the World Bank is …
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Serbia needs to transition to a greener growth model for internal and external reasons. Internally, Serbia's economy is still characterized by low energy and resource productivity, with significant impacts on health and the environment. As a candidate country for EU membership, Serbia also needs...
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The Tanzania Education Sector Institutional and Governance Assessment (hereafter referred to as the report) identifies the drivers of efficient and effective basic education service delivery in Tanzania by exploring the sector's institutional and governance context. The assessment has four main...
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The 2008 crisis marked the beginning of a lost decade for many countries - and many people - in the European Union (EU). The crises of 2008 and 2012 halted, and in some countries undid, a decade of growth and economic convergence across the EU. This report argues that the economic shocks...
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Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar and a gateway to the Bay of Bengal to neighboring economic hubs. Rapid economic and demographic growth, paired with the relaxation of import restrictions for new and used two, three, and four-wheeler has resulted in rapidly declining conditions for...
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This report provides recommendations to further develop the methodology for nutrition expenditure analysis. This report carefully reviewed all available nutrition expenditure analyses available and drew methodological conclusions. Findings include a need for a standardized way of classifying...
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