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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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currently receiving insufficient attention given their relative significance: (1) in door and urban air pollution, (2) the …
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Since the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, Guatemala has made substantial progress in consolidating peace and democracy. While progress in socioeconomic development has been uneven, there have been important gains in education and health coverage, sustained increases in social sector...
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The Kenya Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) presents recent findings and trends on key environmental challenges and opportunities. The CEA identifies a set of recommendations that are necessary to both strengthen the country's environmental management capabilities and ensure that...
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Since 2015, a year of the adoption of the Waste Management Code, Georgia has achieved significant progress towards an … integrated solid waste management system. Regardless, there are several solid waste management challenges that the country … struggles to overcome and is far from meeting the ambitious targets detailed in the National Solid Waste Management Strategy …
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A solid waste management (SWM) preparation mission was carried out mid-2004 for the World Bank Coastal Cities … supporting a consultancy, the objectives of which are to present a range of options for use of the private sector in solid waste …
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omnipresence in the environment. Marine litter and plastic pollution have attracted much attention and commitments from governments … and the private sector alike in the past few years. Policies to curb plastic pollution have had limited success in many … address plastic pollution. By examining the economic and financial implications of plastic management, the report provides key …
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Resilient Housing (RH) initiatives are a crucial means of improving access to safe and sanitary housing in urban areas of high vulnerability. These projects make residents safer, healthier, and more secure, and increase the economic inclusion of the world's poorest populations. They upgrade...
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The Twenty-sixth United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) was held in early November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, at which Vietnam's Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh, pledged once again that Vietnam would be part of the global climate change solution. The country aims to increase the share...
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