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From Evidence to Policy : Supporting Nepal's Trade Integration Strategy
World Bank Group - 2016
growth in Nepal. Tepid growth over the past decade, the slowest in the region, has resulted in few jobs being created … notes combine the following elements: (i) existing analysis on Nepal's competitiveness from different angles (including …; (iii) new analysis for Nepal, applying cutting-edge methods on a wide set of databases; and (iv) field-level interviews …
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The Value of Trade and Regional Investments in The Pan-Arab Electricity Market : Integrating Power Systems and Building Economies
World Bank Group - 2021
Energy demand in Arab countries continues to grow at a higher rate than economic growth. Meeting national electricity demand and exploiting their significant renewable energy resources (particularly, solar and wind) in a sustainable manner is a common challenge across all Arab countries. A...
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Rwanda Economic Update, January 2022, Edition No. 18 : Boosting Regional Integration in the Post-COVID Era
World Bank Group - 2022
Global economic growth has picked up in 2021 and has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level. The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has maintained an accommodative monetary stance and other measures to support the recovery, taking advantage of low inflation. The government's continued fiscal expansion...
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Enhancing ASEAN Connectivity Monitoring and Evaluation
World Bank Group - 2016
As Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) approaches end 2015, this report takes stock of the progress to date and draws out lessons for the next stage of ASEAN's connectivity journey. The realization of an integrated ASEAN community demands connectedness vis improved and expanded...
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Slovakia Catching-Up Regions : Presov Region - Key Development Dynamics
World Bank Group - 2019
Though the European Union (EU) is a development conversion machine for national economies, it is less so for subnational regions. EU accession countries have been catching up to regional averages in terms of economic development since they joined the union. The economic success of the accession...
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Chongqing 2035 : A Regional Strategy to Increase Connectivity and Economic Integration
World Bank Group - 2019
Cities can increase economic growth and participate in global economic flows by acting as hubs or gateways to regional corridors, that are supported by three dimensions of connectivity: physical (infrastructure) connectivity, digital connectivity, and economic integration. Integrating these...
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Pakistan at 100 : Regional Connectivity
World Bank Group - 2019
This policy note was prepared in parallel to the report Pakistan at 100, Shaping the Future. The report Pakistan at 100 discusses options to accelerate and sustain growth in Pakistan so that the country becomes an upper middle-income country when it turns 100 years old in 2047. This policy note...
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CEMAC : Deepening Regional Integration to Advance Growth and Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2018
The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), which consists of Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, is one of the oldest regional groupings in Africa. The main objectives for achieving this are: (i) the creation of a...
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Road Safety in South Asia : Opportunities for Shared Regional Initiatives
World Bank Group - 2020
There is an increasing recognition that policy initiatives at the regional level can complement and strengthen country road safety strategies and programs. This is certainly the case in the South Asia region, with implications for regional road safety investment priorities and potential for...
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East Asia and Pacific Update, December 2008 : East Asia - Navigating the Perfect Storm
World Bank Group - 2008
As the global economy finds itself in the worst financial crisis since the great depression, the East Asia and Pacific region has not been spared the full fury of the economic storm. The surge and subsequent drop in food and fuel prices was followed by the intensification in the financial crisis...
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