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In this report, the authors investigate state-owned enterprise (SOE) listings as a solution to promote local capital markets development. Thus, SOE listings can offer governments an enormous opportunity to kick-start the development of their local capital markets while achieving other divestment...
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This report provides a systematic assessment of business angel activities, and the ecosystem surrounding innovation finance, in the Czech Republic. Based on literature reviews, published data sources and local stakeholder interviews, the report distills findings related to the demand for and...
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This report provides an assessment of the policies devoted to supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic. It presents an original analysis of all national-level SME-related policy instruments, totaling 93 instruments operational from 2013 to 2017 and disbursing 108.5...
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during the Forum on Safe and Resilient Infrastructure that took place in Manila, Philippines, in October 2013. This report is … the experience of the Philippines to date in developing an integrated earthquake risk management program, focusing on the … future disasters in the Philippines. Earthquake risk management and strengthening programs initiated by both the public and …
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The Philippines increasingly emphasizes lifelong learning and skills mobility for labor productivity as an integral … sections. Section 2 provides a brief country background of the Philippines to put the discussions into context. Section 3 …
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The Philippines is an archipelago comprised of 7,107 islands with a humid climate and a topography characterized by … world, the Philippines also has one of the world's longest coastlines, and its marine and coastal resources yield in goods … and services. The country's mineral, oil, gas, and geothermal potential are also significant. The Philippines is also …
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this partnership. In July of 2017, the Philippines placed on the international financial markets a portfolio of catastrophe … risk that transferred typhoon and earthquake risk from the Philippines through the World Bank to the international … challenges of the program, and guide their continued efforts to improve financial preparedness to disasters in the Philippines …
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In recent decades, the agriculture and fisheries sector in the Philippines has grown but has clearly not lived up to … implementing them in the Philippines …
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The resurgence of COVID-19 cases and reimposition of more stringent quarantine measures held back the early signs of an economic rebound. The downside risk of a resurgence of infection, identified in the PEU December 2020 edition, has unfortunately materialized. The number of daily cases...
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Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry also generates about seven percent of the world's...
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