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Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises : Boards and Owners
World Bank Group - 2021
The Leadership Training Toolkit for State-Owned Enterprises ('SOE Leadership Toolkit') was developed jointly by the World Bank and IFC (World Bank Group) to support countries' efforts to build capacity of SOE boards and senior managers. It also endeavors to strengthen state ownership and...
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Bhutan's Integration with the Global Economy : International Investment Treaties and Conventions
World Bank Group - 2019
In this context, Bhutan can become wealthier through accelerating both domestic and foreign investment, as well as signing investment treaties. These investments could provide not just capital but also bring necessary skills, knowledge and ideas, and help the country move beyond hydropower....
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The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Global Trade and Investment
World Bank Group - 2022
The war in Ukraine is a human tragedy for the people of Ukraine, but its economic implications are global. This instant report focuses on the direct impact of the war on world trade and investment. It identifies five trade and investment channels through which countries will be affected by the...
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Toward Universal Financial Inclusion in China : Models, Challenges, and Global Lessons
World Bank Group - 2018
China has achieved remarkable success in financial inclusion. China's rate of account ownership - a basic metric of … the world's largest agent banking network. China has also been an established leader in the fintech revolution, with new … themselves against risk. This report examines in detail China's approach to financial inclusion over the past 15 years. The …
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Chongqing 2035 : Spatial and Economic Transformation for a Global City
World Bank Group - 2019
Geographically, Chongqing is strategically positioned as a gateway to China's west, a key connection in the Yangtze … river economic belt, and a strategic base for China's belt and road initiative. Over the past two decades, Chongqing has …
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Global RApid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) Report : Mw 6.3 Herat Earthquake Sequence in Afghanistan, October 2023
World Bank Group - 2024
Following the Herat province (Western Afghanistan) earthquake sequence of October 7 to 15, 2023, the World Bank carried out a remote desk-based assessment of the physical damages using the Global RApid post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) methodology. The objective of the assessment is to...
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Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mocha, May 2023, Myanmar : Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) Report
World Bank Group - 2024
Extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha made landfall as a Category 4-equivalent cyclone in the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale on Sunday May 14, 2023, at 07:07 UTC (14:07 local time) around Sittwe city, the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar. Given the fragile and conflict-affected situation...
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Global Development Horizons 2011 : Multipolarity - The New Global Economy
World Bank Group - 2011
Transition to a new world order with more diffuse distribution of economic power is under way. This first edition of a new World Bank flagship report, 'Global Development Horizons 2011', focuses on three major international economic trends: the shift in the balance of global growth from...
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Towards a G20 Strategy for Promoting Inclusive Global Value Chains
OECD - 2016
The paper draws on the Inclusive Global Value Chains report submitted by the OECD and the World Bank Group to G20 Trade Ministers in October 2015, refining and prioritizing the options contained therein. The original report proposed a holistic approach to promoting more inclusive Global Value...
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Philippines Economic Update, October 2018 : Staying in the Course Amid Global Uncertainty
World Bank Group - 2018
The Philippines' economic growth outlook remains positive, yet downside risks have increased. An expected slowdown in global trade in the medium term is likely to further dampen Philippine exports. Nevertheless, baseline economic growth is projected at 6.5 percent in 2018, 6.7 percent in 2019,...
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