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Protecting Food Systems, Preventing Future Pandemics : The Case for a Central Asia One Health Program

World Bank Group - 2023

, have faced two shocks - the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Animal diseases do not respect borders and remain a …

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Ukraine COVID-19 Purchasing : Building Resilience while Reinforcing Reforms

World Bank Group - 2022

Ukraine provides an illuminating example of a health system that has responded to a health shock in a way that both … builds health system resilience and advances health system reforms. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Ukraine in early … Services of Ukraine (NHSU) and collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Ukraine offered considerable flexibility to …

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Poverty and Food Security in Brazil during the Pandemic

World Bank Group - 2022

, and the significant scaling down of the AE program are all factors in this trend. The war in Ukraine has pushed …

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Greener Transport Connectivity for Eastern Partnership Countries

World Bank Group - 2020

The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint policy initiative, which aims to deepen and strengthen relations between the European Union (EU) and its six Eastern neighbours. One of its four priority areas is stronger connectivity which includes the extension of the Trans European Transport Network...

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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2020 : Fighting COVID-19

World Bank Group - 2020

In 2018, the World Bank launched the Human Capital Index (HCI), which is designed to highlight how improvements in current health and education outcomes will shape the productivity of the next generation of workers. The HCI measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect...

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Response Note to COVID-19 in Europe and Central Asia : Policy and Practice Recommendations

World Bank Group - 2020

The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Education Team's vision is for education systems to empower all to reach their full potential. In line with this vision, the purpose of this guidance note is to provide recommendations and policy advice for decision-makers on potential education responses to the...

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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2021 : Competition and Firm Recovery post COVID-19

World Bank Group - 2021

Although global economic activity is recovering and output in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) is expected to grow in 2021, containing COVID-19 remains a challenge in the region. Enterprise survey data for the emerging and developing countries in the region show that COVID-19 had a profound and...

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Modeling the Long-Term Health and Cost Impacts of Reducing Smoking Prevalence through Tobacco Taxation in Ukraine

World Bank Group - 2017

countries, including Ukraine, if measures are not implemented to reduce its prevalence. Smoking is a major cause of many chronic … tobacco control policies in Ukraine have resulted in one of the fastest declines in smoking prevalence in the world (1) This … is largely due to multifaceted tobacco control legislation, adopted from 2005 and subsequently upgraded. Ukraine ratified …

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The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Global Trade and Investment

World Bank Group - 2022

The war in Ukraine is a human tragedy for the people of Ukraine, but its economic implications are global. This instant … channels through which countries will be affected by the war in Ukraine. These encompass disruptions to: (i) commodity markets …

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Drivers of Food Price Inflation in Turkey

World Bank Group - 2020

Food price inflation has increased persistently in recent years in Turkey with a widening divergence from international food price inflation. The study analyzes the main inefficiencies in the Turkish agricultural sector through the lens of food price formation and discusses the policy actions...

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