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Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises : Boards and Owners

World Bank Group - 2021

The Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises ('SOE Leadership Toolkit') was developed jointly by the … World Bank and IFC (World Bank Group) to support countries' efforts to build capacity of SOE boards and senior managers. It … public finances, the economy, and delivery of services. The SOE Leadership Toolkit addresses the growing need for curriculum …

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Delivering Road Safety in Bangladesh : Leadership Priorities and Initiatives to 2030

World Bank Group - 2020

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Delivering Road Safety in India : Leadership Priorities and Initiatives to 2030

World Bank Group - 2020

India has the world's highest reported number of annual road crash fatalities. According to the World Health Organization, road crash fatalities in India account for approximately 11 percent of the estimated 1.35 million global toll each year. Vulnerable road users, primarily pedestrians,...

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Delivering Road Safety in Nepal : Leadership Priorities and Initiatives to 2030

World Bank Group - 2020

Road crash deaths and injuries in Nepal have been on a sharp upward trajectory since the early 2000s. In fi scal year 2017-18, 2,541 road deaths were offi cially reported in Nepal, which is equivalent to a fatality rate of 8.59 per 100,000 population. In the same period, 4,144 serious injury and...

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Delivering Road Safety in Sri Lanka : Leadership Priorities and Initiatives to 2030

World Bank Group - 2020

High road crash fatality and injury rates on Sri Lanka's roads are undermining the economic growth and progress made over the past decade on reducing poverty and boosting prosperity. Estimated annual road crash deaths per capita in Sri Lanka are twice the average rate in high-income countries...

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Key Factors for Successful Development of Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets

World Bank Group - 2021

Offshore wind holds tremendous promise for many emerging markets as a large-scale, clean, reliable form of new electricity generation with the potential to stimulate valuable economic benefits. However, developing a new offshore wind sector in an emerging market is no easy task. Decision makers...

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Listing State-Owned Enterprises in Emerging and Developing Economies : Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Success and Failure

World Bank Group - 2021

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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What Does Digital Money Mean for Emerging Market and Developing Economies? : Fintech and the Future of Finance Flagship Technical Note

World Bank Group - 2022

Physical cash and commercial bank money are dominant vehicles for retail payments around the world, including in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). Yet payments in EMDEs are marked by several key deficiencies, such as lack of universal access to transaction accounts, widespread...

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Getting Down to Earth : Are Satellites Reliable for Measuring Air Pollutants That Cause Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

World Bank Group - 2022

Outdoor air pollution accounts for an estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide, the majority of which are caused by exposure to fine particulate matter (or PM2.5) air pollution. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Reducing PM2.5 air pollution is thus crucial for...

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Environmental Flows for Hydropower Projects : Guidance for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets

World Bank Group - 2018

This Good Practice Handbook is designed to provide guidance to practitioners on taking rigorous and consistent approaches to assess hydropower project impacts on downstream river ecosystems and people, and determine their Environmental Flows (EFlows) commitments. The Handbook outlines a good...

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