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Coordination of Strategies and Programs for EU and State-Funded Investments in Romania's Infrastructure
World Bank Group - 2015
This report provides a diagnostic and a set of recommendations for the coordination of infrastructure investments in … three main sectors in Romania: roads; water and wastewater; and social infrastructure (education, health, culture, and … Infrastructure (DG RDI), which manages the most important state-budget-funded program for local infrastructure investments - the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644601
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Policy Note on Attracting Private Investment to Infrastructure in Peru : Achievements, Challenges and a Way Forward
World Bank Group - 2020
infrastructure gap with 177 contracts registered since the start of the program in early 2000s and has strengthened its PPP framework … international experience with PPPs for development of infrastructure; provides an assessment of the PPP system in Peru and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647368
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Regional Development in the South of Mexico : Infrastructure for Growth and Poverty Alleviation
World Bank Group - 2002
This report examines the role of infrastructure in explaining why the region lags so far behind the rest of the country …. More importantly, it looks at how improved infrastructure may help the region catch up. Infrastructure is examined here …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644927
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Retention and Expansion of Foreign Direct Investment : Political Risk and Policy Responses
World Bank Group - 2019
to an urgent need for governments to provide a minimum institutional infrastructure that can enable a lead agency to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646792
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Investment Policy and Promotion Diagnostics and Tools : Maximizing the Potential Benefits of Foreign Direct Investment for Competitiveness and Development
World Bank Group - 2017
This paper presents a bird's eye overview of the investment policy and promotion (IPP) logical framework developed by the trade and competitiveness global practice of the WBG to address the challenge of how countries can use foreign direct investment (FDI) to advance their economic development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247059
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Path for Ukraine's Economic Growth : Technology Upgrading
World Bank Group - 2019
This report examines Ukraine's economic decline and development through the lens of technology upgrading. The technology upgrading framework assumes that economic growth is a function of technology capability, whereby upgrading occurs through technological, industrial, and organizational change....
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Harnessing Human Capital for Growth in Croatia : Unleashing Potential for Economic Takeoff amid Demographic and Technological Change
World Bank Group - 2024
The report is structured as follows. Chapter 1 discusses the labor market constraints facing different segments of the working-age population, which can inform how to make work attractive. Chapter 2 explores the factors that are discouraging older people from re-entering the labor market and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014553848
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China Economic Update, May 2018 : Investing in High-Quality Growth
World Bank Group - 2018
The World Bank Economic Update provides an overview of recent economic and social developments and policies in China. Economic activity in China remains resilient, with GDP growing by 6.9 percent in 2017 and 6.8 percent year on year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2018. Consumption continues to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645307
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Prosperity for All Saotomeans : Priorities to End Poverty, Promote Growth, and Build Resilience in Sao Tome and Principe
World Bank Group - 2021
, particularly in infrastructure, social protection, health, and education. This has enabled STP to bridge the gap caused by years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012700653
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Unlocking Egypt's Potential for Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth : Eqypt Systematic Country Diagnostic Update
World Bank Group - 2021
Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) analyze the most critical constraints and opportunities to ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The first SCD for Egypt was published in 2015. A lot has happened since then, so this SCD Update takes advantage of a...
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