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CPIA Africa, July 2018 : Assessing Africa's Policies and Institutions
World Bank Group - 2018
Favorable global economic conditions supported a turnaround in economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, easing …
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Digital Economy for Africa : Country Diagnostic of Senegal
World Bank Group - 2019
The rapid technological advancement is now disrupting the global economy and creating new business and development models, offering countries opportunities to leapfrog over traditional paths for economic growth. Over the past years, digital technologies have been spreading throughout the world...
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Leapfrogging : The Key to Africa's Development?
World Bank Group - 2017
Despite sustained economic growth over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa faces massive challenges and …-enhancing factors like the use of fertilizers has remained flat for decades. Africa's large infrastructure, technology, and policy gaps … environment for more innovation and technology adoption, to provide the chance for Africa to experience major positive …
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Participation in Practice. The Experience of the World Bank and Other Stake holders.
Rietbergen-McCracken, J - World Bank Group - 1996
This collection of papers on different aspects and examples of participatory development represents some of the many outputs from a recent Bankwide learning process on participatory development. The concept of participation is defined as "a process through which stakeholders influence and share...
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Flood Risk Management in Dhaka : A Case for Eco-Engineering Approaches and Institutional Reform
World Bank Group - 2015
The main objective of this study is to propose recommendations for addressing flood risks in Greater Dhaka. This is based on an analysis of flood risks facing the city, historical analysis of decision-making about flood risk management, and institutional and political economy analysis. Looking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644912
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Supporting Serbia's Transition to Greener and More Resilient Growth : Policy and Institutional Reforms
World Bank Group - 2022
Serbia needs to transition to a greener growth model for internal and external reasons. Internally, Serbia's economy is still characterized by low energy and resource productivity, with significant impacts on health and the environment. As a candidate country for EU membership, Serbia also needs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013538315
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Tanzania Education Sector Institutional and Governance Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
The Tanzania Education Sector Institutional and Governance Assessment (hereafter referred to as the report) identifies the drivers of efficient and effective basic education service delivery in Tanzania by exploring the sector's institutional and governance context. The assessment has four main...
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Including Institutions : Boosting Resilience in Europe
World Bank Group - 2019
The 2008 crisis marked the beginning of a lost decade for many countries - and many people - in the European Union (EU). The crises of 2008 and 2012 halted, and in some countries undid, a decade of growth and economic convergence across the EU. This report argues that the economic shocks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646960
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Urban Transport in Mandalay : Institutions, Expenditures, and Funding
World Bank Group - 2020
Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar and a gateway to the Bay of Bengal to neighboring economic hubs. Rapid economic and demographic growth, paired with the relaxation of import restrictions for new and used two, three, and four-wheeler has resulted in rapidly declining conditions for...
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Rwanda Nutrition Expenditure and Institutional Review 2020
World Bank Group - 2020
This report provides recommendations to further develop the methodology for nutrition expenditure analysis. This report carefully reviewed all available nutrition expenditure analyses available and drew methodological conclusions. Findings include a need for a standardized way of classifying...
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