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Cox's Bazar : Inclusive Growth Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2022
The district of Cox's Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh, is an instructive context to understand how long-standing and newer growth opportunities and constraints manifest at the local level, remote from Bangladesh's major growth poles of Dhaka and Chittagong. Potentially exacerbating Cox's...
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India Development Update, March 2018 : India's Growth Story
World Bank Group - 2018
India has achieved much in the last 25 years. Since the early 1990s, when reforms began, growthrates have been higher … the last few quarters has generated worried commentaries about India's growth potential. The questions being raised are …" for India's growth potential? What sets of policies, structural or cyclical, might be needed to revive growth? In this …
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Greater Maputo : Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth
World Bank Group - 2017
The overall objective of the Maputo Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth Study is to inform the municipal governments of Maputo and Matola in the Greater Maputo Area (GMA) on how to better target and finance urban poverty reduction programs by building critical knowledge on urban poverty and...
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India - Unlocking Agribusiness for Inclusive Growth, Jobs, and More : Policy and Investment Priorities
World Bank Group - 2017
seeks to inform strategic dialogue between the government of India and the World Bank Group toward investments in …
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Challenges to Inclusive Growth : A Poverty and Equity Assessment of Djibouti
World Bank Group - 2019
The objective of this report is to present a snapshot of the welfare landscape in Djibouti that will help stakeholders understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of...
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Strengthening Public Finances for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development
World Bank Group - 2023
The Republic of Congo is the third-largest crude oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and Angola and is heavily dependent on oil production and oil exports. With a population of 5.5 million, Congo is a lower middle-income economy, endowed with abundant natural resources. The economy...
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Third GambiaEconomic Update : Accelerating Financial Inclusion to Unleash The Gambia's Growth Potential
World Bank Group - 2023
The Gambia's economy continued to recover in 2022, albeit at a subdued pace in a sluggish global economic environment. Real GDP increased by 4.3 percent (1.8 percent in per capita terms) in 2022, unchanged from 2021, when economic growth was recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic following a...
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Aspirations Unfulfilled : Malaysia's Cost of Living Challenges
World Bank Group - 2020
Despite Malaysia's low and stable inflation rate, there has been an ongoing debate regarding perceived increases in the cost of living in the country. The concerns are frequently expressed in public policy discussions, the mass media, and private conversation. The issue has featured prominently...
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Estimate of Revenue Foregone on Customs Duty in Bangladesh
World Bank Group - 2018
This note is a preliminary estimate of the revenue foregone under customs duty because of the various exemptions provided on imports. The estimates are intended as an input into the policy process that seeks to balance revenue raising measures, trade and tariff policy, and competitiveness. The...
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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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