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Green Digital Transformation : How to Sustainably Close the Digital Divide and Harness Digital Tools for Climate Action
World Bank Group - 2024
Climate change is unfolding amid the greatest information and communication revolution in human history. From e-commerce and social media to smart manufacturing and precision farming, digital technologies have become prevalent in all aspects of economic and social life. Digital technologies also...
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Antitrust and Digital Platforms : An Analysis of Global Patterns and Approaches by Competition Authorities
World Bank Group - 2021
The pace at which markets are evolving, thanks to the accelerated adoption of digital technologies, poses important challenges to competition law and its enforcement. This work aims to support this process by building an understanding of the experiences of competition authorities in deciding on...
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Future of Food : Harnessing Digital Technologies to Improve Food System Outcomes
World Bank Group - 2019
Digital technologies have significant potential to improve efficiency, equity, and environmental sustainability in the food system. A range of digital technologies are already leading to: better informed and engaged consumers and producers, smarter farms, and improved public services. Adoption...
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Chongqing 2035 : An Innovation Strategy to Climb Up the Value Chain and Create the Conditions for a Skilled Labor Force
World Bank Group - 2019
The innovation economy has become a driving force in transforming entire industries, which has been happening at an … accelerated pace. Cities are making massive investments in innovation and research and development (RandD) to support and attract … experience of the labor force, is critical for future economic development and innovation.Traditionally, Chongqing has been a …
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Pathways to Sustainable Growth in Niger : A World Bank Group Country Economic Memorandum
World Bank Group - 2022
This country economic memorandum aims to support Niger's efforts to walk on a path conducive to a resilient and sustainable economic growth. It does so by attempting to answer the following five questions, each of which constitutes a separate chapter: (i) what were the salient structural...
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Cote d'Ivoire : Revised Country Economic Memorandum; Sustaining the Growth Acceleration
World Bank Group - 2021
The Ivorian economy needs to sustain its growth momentum. During the last decade, Cote d'Ivoire's growth performance has been impressive. To achieve its ambitious goal of reaching emerging market status within one or two generations, however, it needs to maintain the strong growth for many years...
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A Global Procurement Partnership for Sustainable Development : An International Stocktaking of Developments in Public Procurement
World Bank Group - 2021
procurement systems around the world and makes the case for a global procurement partnership to strengthen development …
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Sustainable Urban Transport for Kyiv : Towards a Sustainable and Competitive City Built Upon the Legacy System and Innovations
World Bank Group - 2016
This report presents the scope and findings of the Economic Sector Work on Sustainable Urban Transport for the City of Kyiv, financed jointly by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the Korea Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF). The analysis consists of a rigorous...
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Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Tourism and Urban Regeneration : Capturing Lessons and Experience from Japan with a Focus on Kyoto
World Bank Group - 2018
The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban … well conserved UNESCO World Heritage sites and many historic districts …
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Chongqing 2035 : A Green and Low-Carbon Growth Strategy to Decouple Economic Growth from Resource Use
World Bank Group - 2019
Chongqing is at a crossroads where its GDP per capita will reach a level at which cities typically decouple economic growth from energy and resource use, as well as associated carbon emissions and pollution. However, decoupling does not happen automatically. It requires cities to adopt green...
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