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This paper argues that governments and regulators, supported by financial institutions and multilateral development banks (MDBs), hold the key to mobilizing private finance at the scale needed to transform the way we build, produce, and consume in order to protect nature while fostering...
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Meeting the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals will require enormous infrastructure investment around the world. Sustainability-linked financing (SLF) incentivizes companies to pursue ambitious, long-term environmental and social goals. As the largest global development institution focused on...
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The Rwanda Economic Update (REU) analyzes recent economic developments and prospects, as well as Rwanda's policy … Rwanda's economy, and civil society. It draws on data reported by the Government of Rwanda and additional information …
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Global economic growth has picked up in 2021 and has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level. The National Bank of Rwanda … significant benefits for Rwanda, including greater potential for scale economies, opportunities for learning to export and produce … integration. The development of Rwanda as a regional logistics hub, serving as an intermediating node between the East and Central …
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Developments in the Rwandan economy as of the first half of 2017 have been mixed. On the upside, Rwanda's external …, and the external adjustment the government undertook in 2016. Inflation pressures have also eased as Rwanda and the region …
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economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note 1 examines Rwanda's urbanization process since 2002 by … analyzing satellite images and other sources. This note presents and analyses the core features and trends of Rwanda …'s urbanization process. In the first part, it lays out the overall trends in Rwanda's levels of urbanization and the primary trends …
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economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration in Rwanda, which is a recent … density. This note takes a closer look at the scale and nature of internal migration in Rwanda. This note is organized as …
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Rwanda has demonstrated a remarkable performance in economic growth and poverty reduction in the past decade and a half … following four stand-alone but closely related notes. Note 1 examines Rwanda's urbanization process since 2002 by analyzing … poverty reduction in Rwanda. Note 4 provides a detailed analysis of the core secondary cities of the country, discussing their …
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) are associated with nonfarm job creation and poverty reduction. By focusing on Rwanda's 416 geographic sectors for the …
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Rwanda is expected to grow at over 8 percent in 2011, led by strong growth in the agricultural, industrial, and … services sectors in the second half of the year. Rwanda's growth prospects for 2011 compare favorably with others in the region …. Rwanda has demonstrated economic resilience at a time when regional and global shocks have had serious consequences for many …
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