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The Growing Role of Minerals and Metals for a Low Carbon Future
World Bank Group - 2017
Climate and greenhouse gas (GHG) scenarios have typically paid scant attention to the metal implications necessary to realize a low/zero carbon future. The 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change indicates a global resolve to embark on development patterns that would significantly be less GHG...
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Options for a Carbon Tax in Bangladesh
World Bank Group - 2018
Carbon taxes can be win-win for Bangladesh. They can help show the world that Bangladesh is serious about climate mitigation, boosting the country's influence in international negotiations and helping it to access financing and technology promised during the COP-21. They can play a role in...
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Unlocking Nature-Smart Development : An Approach Paper on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
World Bank Group - 2021
Unlocking Nature-Smart Development: An Approach Paper on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services is part of a series of papers by the World Bank Group that outlines the development challenges and opportunities associated with blue and green biodiversity and ecosystem services. The paper makes the...
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Closing the Gender Gap in Natural Resource Management Programs in Mexico
World Bank Group - 2018
This report examines perceived and actual gender differences in the use and management of natural resources and the challenges of integrating women into activities related to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) or other natural resource management projects in...
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Somalia Country Environmental Analysis : Diagnostic Study on Trends and Threats for Environmental and Natural Resources Challenges
World Bank Group - 2020
Somalia's natural capital is under substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict, and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan (Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified vulnerability to environmental shocks as one of the six major causes of poverty....
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China Economic Update, June 2021 : Beyond the Recovery - Charting a Green and Inclusive Growth Path
World Bank Group - 2021
China's recovery has broadened as economic activity has continued to normalize. Economic growth in China is projected … returns to trend growth. As China's recovery firms up, macroeconomic policies are expected to shift from accommodative to more … strength of the recovery in China and the rest of the world. Rising financial vulnerabilities, together with subdued …
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China Economic Update, December 2021 : Rebalancing Act - From Recovery to High-Quality Growth
World Bank Group - 2021
Following a strong rebound in the first half of 2021, economic activity cooled rapidly in the latter half of the year. The slowdown was partly policy induced, reflecting significant fiscal tightening and regulatory curbs on the financial and real estate sectors, while recurring COVID-19...
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China Economic Update, December 2017 : Growth Resilience and Reform Momentum
World Bank Group - 2017
Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in China has remained strong in 2017, exceeding market expectations. Supported by … supporting economic activity in China in 2017. Net exports contributed positively to growth for three consecutive quarters … implementation of capital controls and greater domestic market confidence, capital outflows from China declined to 47 billion US …
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China Economic Update, May 2018 : Investing in High-Quality Growth
World Bank Group - 2018
The World Bank Economic Update provides an overview of recent economic and social developments and policies in China …. Economic activity in China remains resilient, with GDP growing by 6.9 percent in 2017 and 6.8 percent year on year (yoy) in the …
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South Caucasus and Central Asia - The Belt and Road Initiative : Kyrgyz Republic Country Case Study
World Bank Group - 2020
: importing goods through both formal and informal trade systems, mainly from China, and re-exporting (in few cases with some …
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