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Managing the Fiscal Implications of Public-Private Partnerships in a Sustainable and Resilient Manner : A Compendium of Good Practices and Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemi...
World Bank Group - 2023
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can sometimes be perceived as a means for delivering infrastructure for free. A more nuanced but still inexact view is that they are a mechanism to overcome fiscal constraints. Some argue, perhaps rightly, that often governments enter PPP contracts without...
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Water in Circular Economy and Resilience : The Case of Dakar, Senegal
World Bank Group - 2021
This case study is part of a series prepared by the World Bank's Water Global Practice to highlight existing experiences in the water sector. The purpose of the series is to showcase one or more of the elements that can contribute toward a Water in Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER) system....
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Water in Circular Economy and Resilience : The Case of Aguas de Portugal
World Bank Group - 2021
This case study is part of a series prepared by the World Bank's Water Global Practice to highlight existing experiences in the water sector. The purpose of the series is to showcase one or more of the elements that can contribute toward a Water in Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER) system....
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Water in Circular Economy and Resilience : The Case of Lingyuan City, China
World Bank Group - 2021
Lingyuan City in Liaoning Province, China, is a county level city with a population of around six hundred fifty thousand people who have been facing acute water scarcity. The Daling River, which flows through the city, runs dry for about seven months a year on average. The limited availability...
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Circular Economy in Industrial Parks : Technologies for Competitiveness
World Bank Group - 2021
The circular economy is now at the forefront of the competitiveness agenda for various industrial sectors, industrial parks, and firms. This report intends to provide practical recommendations on how industrial parks can promote the circularity of resources and strengthen competitiveness through...
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West Africa Circular Economy : Realizing the Potential of Plastics
World Bank Group - 2023
, plastic waste recovery and avoidance/reuse/recycling of between 2.2 and 4 million tons of plastic in a "pragmatic" 1 circular …
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Diagnostic Analysis for Circular Economy Interventions in Bulgaria
World Bank Group - 2023
Over the past decade, material efficiency and resource productivity have surfaced on the global policy agenda. The rise of the circular economy (CE) agenda reflects the objective of moving away from the current systems of production and consumption based on the 'take-make-use-waste' linear...
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A Global Procurement Partnership for Sustainable Development : An International Stocktaking of Developments in Public Procurement
World Bank Group - 2021
Efficient procurement procedures save time and money, opening up much needed fiscal space, yet modern public procurement can also serve as a tool for achieving broader socioeconomic policy change. Government purchasing decisions, including more strategic use of technology, can be used to...
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Retaking the Path to Inclusion, Growth and Sustainability : Brazil Systematic Country Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2016
changed economic circumstances have exposed shortcomings in Brazil's development model, epitomized by the struggle to achieve … environment. Brazil thus finds itself at an important juncture and, to a certain extent, the policy course set today will … sustainable growth. This Systematic Country Diagnostic offers a contribution to the debate about Brazil's future development …
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The Brazil of the Future : Towards Productivity, Inclusion, and Sustainability
World Bank Group - 2023
In 2022, Brazil celebrated its 200th anniversary. What will Brazil celebrate at its 220th anniversary, in 2042 …? Following the recent elections there is a window of opportunity for reforms that will shape Brazil's development over the next … decades. "The Brazil of the Future: Towards Productivity, Inclusion, and Sustainability" takes a long-term perspective on …
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