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Favorable global economic conditions supported a turnaround in economic activity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, easing …
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Water resources in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have become a strategic commodity, with supply limited in terms of quantity …
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Liberia's status as a fragile state is deeply rooted in the political and economic exclusion practiced by the country's founders. Although they constituted just 5 percent of the population, freed American slaves and their descendants dominated the country's intellectual and ruling class from...
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The Afghanistan Development Update is a twice-annual publication providing analysis of recent developments and presenting the World Bank team's most-recent macroeconomic projections. The August 2018 edition focuses on the state of the economy in the context of upcoming elections, and the...
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The World Bank Group has developed a new Strategy focusing on the ambitious goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. It is committed to helping countries reach these goals with proven solutions that integrate the WBG's development knowledge and...
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This paper is a contribution to United Nation (UN)-led efforts to articulate a post-2015 development framework, building on the Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It focuses on the challenge of financing development goals and complements the extensive work conducted...
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Protracted crises in urban contexts of the Middle East and North Africa region present a growing challenge for water … WSS service providers operating in protracted crisis in the Middle East and North Africa region. The five problems are: (1 … expansion across the Middle East and North Africa region. Humanitarian and development actors should strengthen their …
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To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, development institutions will need to leverage an unprecedented amount of private sector capital. This is more pressing in the current context as COVID-19 recoveries will require mobilizing both public and private sources in the short...
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