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Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner's Handbook

World Bank Group - 2016

Climate variability and resource scarcity pose an increasing threat to the growth and competitiveness of industry, and nowhere is this issue more significant than in the world's emerging economies. Governments and industry must work together to tackle this challenge. The World Bank Group's...

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The Judicial Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Elements of Reform.

Dakolias, M. - World Bank Group - 1996

This paper proposes a program for judicial reform which specifically addresses the main factors affecting the quality of court services, its monopolistic nature and the resultant inefficiency. The reform program also addresses the economic and legal causes at the root of an inefficient and...

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Institutional Change and Effective Financing of Agricultural Research in Latin America.

Echeverria, R.G.; Trigo, E.J.; Byerlee, D. - World Bank Group - 1996

This paper reviews recent institutional change and innovative mechanisms for funding of agricultural research in Latin America, including commercialization of research results through joint public- private sector ventures, competitive funds, research foundations, farmer-managed levies on...

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Social Development and Absolute Poverty in Asia and Latin America.

De Geyndt, W. - World Bank Group - 1996

A social development perspective is used to seek an answer to the question: why is the incidence of absolute poverty so different among developing countries in East Asia, South Asia and Latin America?

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African Water Resources; Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development.

Sharma, N.P.; Damhaug, T.; Gilgan-Hunt, E.; Grey, D.; … - World Bank Group - 1996

Water resources in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have become a strategic commodity, with supply limited in terms of quantity and quality, and demand increasing due to population growth and economic development. The strategy developed in this document is based on the principle that water is a scarce...

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State, Community and Local Development in Nigeria.

Francis, P. - World Bank Group - 1996

This study presents the results of consultative surveys examining local organizations in thirty-six rural and urban communities across Nigeria.

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Institutional Adjustment and Adjusting to Institutions.

Klitgaard, R. - World Bank Group - 1995

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Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policy in Latin America during Major Policy Reform.

Valdes, A - World Bank Group - 1996

Since approximately 1990, most countries in Latin America have embarked on a unilateral process of trade liberalization for agricultural and non-agricultural products, effectively putting an end to four decades of import-substitution policies. Most countries adopted tariffication, with bound...

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Listing State-Owned Enterprises in Emerging and Developing Economies : Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Success and Failure

World Bank Group - 2021

In this report, the authors investigate state-owned enterprise (SOE) listings as a solution to promote local capital markets development. Thus, SOE listings can offer governments an enormous opportunity to kick-start the development of their local capital markets while achieving other divestment...

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China Country Climate and Development Report

World Bank Group - 2022

The China Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) provides analysis and recommendations on integrating the … adequate mitigation and adaptation efforts, climate risks will become a growing constraint to China's long-term growth and … reforms necessary to achieve a lasting economic transformation. Hence, China will need to grow and green its economy at the …

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