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Positioning FYR Macedonia for the Global Economy : The Impact of Reforms and Investment Promotion in the Automotive Components Manufacturing Sector
World Bank Group - 2017
Over the last two decades, successive governments and business leaders in the former Yugoslav Republic of (FYR) Macedonia have been actively working to transform the country's economy and put it on a higher, technology-based, growth trajectory. For a small, landlocked country with a limited...
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Lessons from Korea's Energy Efficiency Policies in the Industrial Sector
World Bank Group - 2023
In an economy driven by its vital industrial sector, tackling the advancing threats of high energy consumption and GHG emissions has been a key challenge for pursuing energy efficiency in Korea. To aid policy makers promote energy efficiency in the industry sector, this report offers a...
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Special Economic Zones : An Operational Review of Their Impacts
World Bank Group - 2017
Policy-makers across developing economies are implementing different forms of special economic zones (SEZs): programs intended to catalyze economic growth. The SEZ program is aimed at attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to increase firm-level investment and improve firm-level productivity...
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Pakistan Development Update, June 2019 : Weathering the Storm - Restoring Macroeconomic Stability
World Bank Group - 2019
Pakistan is facing yet another balance of payment crisis. Authorities have taken some corrective measures and negotiated a 39-month stabilization program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Nonetheless, inflationary pressures increased during FY19. Current account deficit narrowed as...
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Economic Impacts of Gender Inequality in Niger
World Bank Group - 2019
Reducing gender inequality could increase GDP per capita by more than a fourth in Niger by 2030. These significant economic gains would be generated by enabling women to have the same earnings as men and reducing fertility and thereby population growth. Investing in girls' education and reducing...
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India Development Update, April 2015
World Bank Group - 2015
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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India Development Update, March 2018 : India's Growth Story
World Bank Group - 2018
India has achieved much in the last 25 years. Since the early 1990s, when reforms began, growthrates have been higher … the last few quarters has generated worried commentaries about India's growth potential. The questions being raised are …" for India's growth potential? What sets of policies, structural or cyclical, might be needed to revive growth? In this …
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India Systematic Country Diagnostic : Realizing the Promise of Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2018
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India Development Update, July 2020
World Bank Group - 2020
The pandemic has afflicted India at a time when its economy had already been decelerating. Defying a long …
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Third GambiaEconomic Update : Accelerating Financial Inclusion to Unleash The Gambia's Growth Potential
World Bank Group - 2023
The Gambia's economy continued to recover in 2022, albeit at a subdued pace in a sluggish global economic environment. Real GDP increased by 4.3 percent (1.8 percent in per capita terms) in 2022, unchanged from 2021, when economic growth was recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic following a...
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