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The global sanitation workforce bridges the gap between sanitation infrastructure and the provision of sanitation services. Sanitation workers provide an essential public service but often at the cost of their dignity, safety, health, and living conditions. They are some of the most vulnerable...
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This report summarizes a program of research coordinated by the World Bank and carried out from October 2002 to May …) Draw out the operational implications of these research findings and identify entry points for the World Bank and other …
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Informal employment remains a salient and persistent feature of the Sri Lanka labor market, with around 70 percent of the work force informally employed. There are generally three reasons to be concerned about high informality: poverty, productivity and public finance. This report focuses on the...
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To permanently end poverty and hunger by 2030, the world needs a food system that can feed every person, every day … better steward the world's natural resources. Urgently, we need a food system that is more resilient and that shifts from …
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The decline in commodity prices that began with metals and agriculture four years ago—joined by crude oil in mid-2014—continued in 2015Q1 (Figure 1). Energy, metals, and agricultural prices were down 28, 11, and 5 percent, respectively, from the previous quarter. Increasing supplies, bumper...
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Liberia had an estimated 4.3 million hectares of forests in 2011, comprising approximately 50 percent of Liberia’s landmass. These forests support very high levels of biodiversity, provide a wide range of ecosystem services (for example, bush meat, medicines, construction materials, and...
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being provided in a world shaped by climate change. This is the fourth edition of the Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance …
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challenges remain. The global COVID-19 outbreak is impacting economies around the world, including Tajikistan, in an … Tajikistan national sources, the World Bank, development partners and others. It is oriented towards key strategic objectives of … the World Bank Group (WBG) Gender Strategy for the period of FY17-FY23 with relevance for the Tajikistan context …
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