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Malaysia. Floods have been Malaysia's most frequent natural disaster, accounting for 85 percent of all natural disasters since …
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treatment plants. This case study documents New Cairo, Egypt …
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In 2016 the Government of Egypt (GoE) has embarked on an ambitious and much needed transition towards a better economic …. Egypt has recognized that in order to raise competitiveness, increase investments in human capital, and sustain the benefits …
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Confronted with pervasive macroeconomic imbalances and microeconomic distortions, the Government of Egypt (GOE) started … in 2016 to move forward with important reforms to stabilize the economy and restore confidence. At that time, Egypt was … private investment in generation and establish Egypt's potential as an oil and gas producer by reducing pricing distortions …
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In 2015, a large share of Egypt's population was either poor (27.8 percent) or not poor but vulnerable to falling into … poverty (an additional 28.7percent); most of the poor and vulnerable lived in the governorates of Upper Egypt. Clearly the … country faces a challenge, but it also has the knowledge to craft solutions. Egypt's recent reforms have started to address …
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The previous decade in Egypt was marked by major internal and external shocks that have surely had severe implications … twofold. The first is to provide a detailed description of the methodology that has been applied in Egypt in estimating …
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Egypt has considerable potential to become a regional trade hub. A key challenge is how to leverage this potential to … achieve inclusive and sustainable growth that benefits the country's population at large. In alignment with Egypt's decision … to expand the Upper Egypt Local Development Program (UELDP) from an initial focus on Sohag and Qena to also include Menya …
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) to conduct a demand survey for housing across Egypt. The survey consisted of a sample of 10,300 households across eight … the public or the private sector. The Government of Egypt asked the World Bank to advise on conducting a housing demand …
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and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The first SCD for Egypt was published in 2015. A lot has happened … again assess the set of priorities through which Egypt can most effectively and sustainably achieve the goals of poverty …
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financial conditions, Egypt is experiencing a spike in inflation and has suffered abrupt large-scale portfolio outflows; adding … pressures to the country's already stretched public finances and external accounts. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has …-standing challenges. It also features a Special Focus on Education Sector reforms that draws on the World Bank Egypt Public Expenditure …
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