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World Bank Group - 2021

exploration and adoption of emerging technologies like blockchain, AI, edge-computing, internet of things (IoT), 5G, et cetera … Korea blockchain ecosystem is the first of the series and provides a short description of the blockchain technology and its … potential for solving development challenges and key highlights of the Korea blockchain ecosystem. Blockchain is a decentralized …

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Institutional Change and Effective Financing of Agricultural Research in Latin America.

Echeverria, R.G.; Trigo, E.J.; Byerlee, D. - World Bank Group - 1996

This paper reviews recent institutional change and innovative mechanisms for funding of agricultural research in Latin America, including commercialization of research results through joint public- private sector ventures, competitive funds, research foundations, farmer-managed levies on...

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Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policies: A Handbook for Paraguay.

Valdes, A.; Schaeffer, B.; Martin, J. - World Bank Group - 1996

This is one of a series of handbooks which have arisen from a Surveillance project to evaluate agricultural price and trade interventions to eight Latin American countries for seven commodities for the period 1984 to 1994. The countries included in this Surveillance project are Argentina,...

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Social Development and Absolute Poverty in Asia and Latin America.

De Geyndt, W. - World Bank Group - 1996

A social development perspective is used to seek an answer to the question: why is the incidence of absolute poverty so different among developing countries in East Asia, South Asia and Latin America?

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The Judicial Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Elements of Reform.

Dakolias, M. - World Bank Group - 1996

This paper proposes a program for judicial reform which specifically addresses the main factors affecting the quality of court services, its monopolistic nature and the resultant inefficiency. The reform program also addresses the economic and legal causes at the root of an inefficient and...

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Costs, Benefits, and Farmer Adoption of Agroforestry. Project Experience in Central America and the Caribbean.

Current, D.; Lutz, E.; Scherr, S. - World Bank Group - 1995

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Institutional and Entrepreneurial Leadership in the Brazilian Science and Technology Sector.

Holm-Nielsen, L.; Crawford, M.; Saliba, A. - World Bank Group - 1996

Scientific and technological knowledge is increasingly recognized as a keystone of economic growth and social development. This paper reviews the main components of policy reform strategies designed to increase the efficiency of investments in science and techbology, with specific reference to...

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Water Allocation and Water Markets. An Analysis of Gains-from-Trade in Chile.

Hearne, R.R.; Easter, K.W. - World Bank Group - 1995

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Central Bank Digital Currencies for Cross-border Payments : A Review of Current Experiments and Ideas

World Bank Group - 2021

Over the years, the demand for seamless and inexpensive cross-border payments has grown in parallel with growth in international e-commerce, remittances and tourism. Yet, cross-border payments have not kept pace with the intensive modernization that has characterized domestic payment services...

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Central Bank Digital Currency : Background Technical Note

World Bank Group - 2021

In recent years, due to innovations in technology, the concept of digital currency has emerged out of the desire of some private entities to replicate specific properties of cash in the digital space. Digital currencies have been issued in various electronic formats and value propositions, and...

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