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In 2015 and 2016, migrant flows into the European Union (EU) surged, with Greece and Italy the main entry points. Many of the migrants applied for international protection in Europe, becoming asylum seekers. This spike in EU asylum seekers, as well as the increasing numbers of those granted...
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The objective of this report is to inform the government's policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration in Rwanda, which is a recent phenomenon and remains fairly limited, with less than 10...
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This Regional Partnership Framework (RPF) outlines the World Bank Group (WBG) strategic program for nine Pacific island countries (PIC9): Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of Nauru, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Samoa,...
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This paper is part of an ongoing collaboration between the World Bank and the General Directorate of Forestry (GDF) in Turkey. In 2013, the GDF requested that the World Bank help update their 5-year Forest Sector Strategy (2017-2021), and together they developed a Forest Policy Note (FPN) which...
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The Dominican Republic (DR) is vulnerable to climate change and has a high rate of natural degradation. The DR shows evidence of significant human mobility flows of (i) internal migration, mainly rural to urban; and (ii) international cross-border migration, especially from Haiti. Given this...
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The Country Opinion Survey in Senegal assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Senegal 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 Senegal on 1) their views regarding the …
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Water in Circular Economy and Resilience (WICER) system. This case focuses on the experience of Dakar, Senegal …
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This Investment Climate Reform Action Plan summarizes the economic context of Senegal as well as the main constraints … of Senegal (GOS) can collaborate on to eliminate poverty and promote shared prosperity. Section one leverages an … Investment Climate Scan drawing on economic data from global resources summarizes the situation of Senegal with reference to the …
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-14 on prices, consumption levels, and tax revenues in Senegal, as well as the response by tobacco companies to such … products in Senegal, and considers alterations in the structure of tobacco excise taxation. Finally, it offers policy options …
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