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Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth : What, Who, and How
World Bank Group - 2015
A competitive city is a city that successfully facilitates its firms and industries to create jobs, raise productivity, and increase the incomes of citizens over time. Worldwide, improving the competitiveness of cities is a pathway to eliminating extreme poverty and to promoting shared...
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CEMAC : Deepening Regional Integration to Advance Growth and Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2018
The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), which consists of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, is one of the oldest regional groupings in Africa. The main objectives for achieving this are: (i) the creation of a...
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Growth and Jobs in Slavonia, Baranja, and Srijem : Rapid Diagnostics
World Bank Group - 2019
Slavonia's economy is now amongst the poorest in the European Union (EU) and has been growing more slowly than comparable regions. Some Polish and Romanian counties were less advanced until 2013 but have now overtaken Slavonia. Achieving a turnaround is difficult: only 9 percent of lagging...
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Renewing with Growth
World Bank Group - 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean suffered the largest death toll from Covid?19 across developing regions and the sharpest decline in economic activity. With fewer school days and lower employment rates, with higher public debt and more firms under stress, the effects could be long?lasting. The...
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Purchasing Power Parities and the Size of World Economies : Results from the 2017 International Comparison Program
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2020
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the auspices of the United Nations Statistical Commission. It produces comparable price and volume measures of gross domestic product (GDP) and its expenditure aggregates across...
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Tanzania Economic Update, July 2021 : Transforming Tourism - Toward a Sustainable, Resilient, and Inclusive Sector
World Bank Group - 2021
sectors, but economic activity could accelerate in the second half of 2021. The tourism-dependent economy of Zanzibar has been …
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Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration : Capturing Lessons and Experience from Japan with a Focus on Kyoto
World Bank Group - 2018
regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries' efforts to promote local economic development …
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Demand Analysis for Tourism in African Local Communities
World Bank Group - 2018
demand for tourism products delivered by and based in local communities in Africa. If demand is better understood, supply can …
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Slovakia Catching-up Regions : Unlocking the Endogenous Tourism Potential of Poloniny National Park and the Snina District of the Slovak Republic
World Bank Group - 2019
The report examines the current tourism development and market of the Presovsky Samospravny Kraj, Presov Self … heritage features make it a tourism-friendly potential destination. The Snina District and National Poloniny Park (NPP) have … many challenges to address in order to realize the growth benefits of their tourism sector. This report recommends a set of …
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Developing Nature-Based Tourism as a Strategic Sector for Green Growth in Lao PDR : Synthesis Report
World Bank Group - 2019
Lao PDR faces a great opportunity to develop its tourism sector, in particular nature-based tourism (NBT), to create … is the fastest growing segment of tourism, and the demand is growing as the urban middle class expands, particularly in …
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