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Kenya Toward a National Crop and Livestock Insurance Program : Summary of Policy Suggestions
World Bank Group - 2015
Steering Committee to take the lead in formulating a national policy on agriculture insurance, in cooperation with county …
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Kenya Toward a National Crop and Livestock Insurance Program : Background Report
World Bank Group - 2015
Committee to take the lead in formulating a national policy on agriculture insurance, in cooperation with county administrations …
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Colombia : Policy Note on the Implementation of Catastrophe Agricultural Insurance
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2017
Colombia is very exposed to natural and climatic disasters and especially to large-scale hydro meteorological drought and excess rain or flood events related to the ENSO El Nino or La Nina phenomena which impact very severely on the agricultural sector. In Colombia a high proportion of the rural...
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Bangladesh : Policy Options for Agriculture Insurance
World Bank Group - 2018
Agriculture is a key sector in Bangladesh, but it is highly exposed to risks. While agriculture is a source of … play a variety of roles to support the responsible scale-up of agriculture insurance. The ministry of livestock and …
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Bangladesh : Agriculture Insurance Situation Analysis
World Bank Group - 2018
Agriculture is key in Bangladesh but highly exposed to risks.The Government provides significant support to agriculture …, but currently provides limited support to the development of agriculture insurance.While the Government and external …, credit to agriculture is still constrained and represents 3 percent of total lending.If agriculture insurance programs were …
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Bangladesh : Policy Options for Crop and Livestock and Aquaculture Insurance
World Bank Group - 2018
Agriculture is a key sector in Bangladesh, but it is highly exposed to risks. While agriculture is a source of … natural disasters with agriculture heavily exposed to floods, cyclones, and drought. In 2007, for instance, Cyclone Sidr … from long term development projects. If the Government of Bangladesh decided to go ahead with support for agriculture …
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Bangladesh : Agricultural Insurance Solutions Appraisal Technical Report
World Bank Group - 2018
Agriculture is a key sector in Bangladesh, but it is highly exposed to risks. While agriculture is a source of … natural disasters with agriculture heavily exposed to floods, cyclones, and drought. In 2007, for instance, Cyclone Sidr …
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Dominican Republic Tax System Review
World Bank Group - 2021
Despite decades of impressive economic growth, tax revenues in the Dominican Republic (DR) remain well below the regional average. The DR's tax base is extremely narrow, with extensive exemptions, deductions, zero-ratings, and allowances across all major tax categories. Tax expenditures amounted...
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Niger Investing in Human Capital, Agricultural Productivity, and Social Protection for Faster Poverty Reduction : A Poverty Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
Niger earns its foreign exchange mainly from uranium and gold, which has limited domestic economic linkages. Distant second, livestock export also provide important revenue to the country. Overall, most of the labor force is employed in a low productivity and shock prone rainfed agricultural...
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Bangladesh Social Protection Public Expenditure Review
World Bank Group - 2021
Bangladesh's economy is growing at a healthy pace and macro conditions are strong. Progress in social outcomes in Bangladesh is inspiring other countries, but deep challenges persist as the pace of poverty reduction slows down. Bangladesh labor market is dominated by low-productivity and...
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