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Croatia's high degree of municipal fragmentation has been consistently recognized as a weakness and one of the main problems of its intergovernmental fiscal system. The report argues that the problem of fragmentation is in essence a problem of capacity. The objective of this report is to review...
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The India Development Update for April 2015 has two main aims. First, it reports on the key developments over the past …
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undertaken by the World Bank to review the development of e-mobility in India, identify remaining challenges and mitigation … measures to support India's electric mobility vision. This report presents the findings of the analysis and lays out a set of …
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Chennai, a city on the southeastern coast of India and the state capital of Tamil Nadu, has one of the world's fastest …-growing economies. Chennai is the automotive hub for India and is also home to several other industries ranging from petrochemicals to … study is part of a series prepared by the World Bank's Water Global Practice to highlight existing experiences in the water …
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The Country Opinion Survey in India assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in India perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments …, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in India on 1) their views regarding the …
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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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Through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international community has recognized the need for an approach to development that considers the interdependence of human and natural systems. Single-sector approaches to development challenges are insufficient to produce sustainable...
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To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics,...
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The World Bank has been supporting the Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE)program for India through its … support to the flagship program of the Government of India, theSarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). The Bank's ongoing support to SSA … learning outcomes. With this objective, the World Bank as a part of its ongoing support to SSA, undertook a Value for Money …
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