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A Brief Overview on the Road Safety Approach in Singapore

World Bank Group - 2019

engineering best practices from one of the best performing countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Singapore. Singapore roads … on the Singapore road network have been steadily declining over the past decade. This is leading to a desire on the part … of neighboring countries to follow Singapore's example and learn from its experience. In order to mitigate collisions …

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Greening ICT : A Case Study in Singapore

World Bank Group - 2023

This report is based on a targeted review of Singapore's approach to climate change, focusing on how the country drives … measures undertaken by the Singapore Government, present lessons learned, keytakeaways and challenges that continue to lie …

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Multidimensional Poverty in Malaysia : Improving Measurement and Policies in the 2020s

World Bank Group - 2021

It has long been recognized that poverty is multidimensional, comprising not only insufficient income but also deprivations in access to basic services, the quality of living conditions, personal security, and other aspects of well-being. Since 2010 there has been rapid growth in the development...

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Sri Lanka Poverty Update : Background Report to Sri Lanka Poverty Assessment

World Bank Group - 2021

Sri Lanka has made strong progress in reducing poverty and sharing prosperity among the less well-off in recent years. The poverty rate using the World Bank's 3.20 Dollars poverty line (in 2011 purchasing power parity) declined from 16.2 percent in 2012/13 to 11 percent in 2016, a reduction that...

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A Roadmap for Countries Measuring Multidimensional Poverty

World Bank Group - 2021

Traditional measures of poverty have focused on income or expenditure based on a minimum threshold required to purchase a basket of essential goods and services. However, important aspects of well-being might not be fully captured through monetary measures alone. Multidimensional poverty...

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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

unreliable. Limited local expertise in air-quality measurement presents additional challenges. These shortcomings can undermine a …

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Measuring Rural Access : Using New Technologies

World Bank Group - 2016

Transport connectivity is an essential part of the enabling environment for inclusive and sustained growth. In many developing countries, particularly in Africa, the vast majority of farmers are still disconnected from local, regional, and global markets. To reduce poverty and support inclusive...

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Zanzibar Poverty Assessment

World Bank Group - 2017

Zanzibar recorded an important decline in urban poverty, while rural poverty did not change, and poverty increased on the island of Pemba Basic needs poverty and extreme poverty both declined by 4.5 and 1 percentage points, respectively, at the national level in Zanzibar since 2010. Consumption...

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Developing Gender-Disaggregated Poverty Small Area Estimates : Technical Report

World Bank Group - 2019

Small area estimates of poverty and inequality statistics, through survey-to-census imputation that lets consumption be estimated for each and every household in a census, are useful for at least three reasons. First, they can help improve the effectiveness of public spending, by targeting to...

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Measuring Rural Access : Update 2017/18

World Bank Group - 2019

Transport connectivity is an essential part of the enabling environment for inclusive and sustained growth. In many developing countries, particularly in Africa, most people are still not connected to local, regional, or global markets. Such rural accessibility is crucial to reduce poverty and...

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