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Doing Business 2015 : Going Beyond Efficiency

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank Group

Twelfth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 189 economies, Doing Business 2015 measures regulations affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity: • Starting a business; • Dealing with construction permits; • Getting electricity; • Registering property; •...

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Paying Taxes 2014 : The Global Picture

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank Group

Paying Taxes 2014 looks at tax regimes in 189 economies as part of the Doing Business series. The period covered by the study, 2004 to 2012, has seen the end of a sustained period of economic growth, a severe recession and a slow recovery. Governments continue to be under the pressure balance...

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Incentivizing Sustainable Private Sector Investment in Timber Plantations in Myanmar : Policy Options to Encourage Socially and Environmentally Responsible Investment

World Bank Group - 2020

Forestry has traditionally been one of Myanmar's most important economic sectors, generating more in export earnings in the period 2010-2018. It is estimated that the country will have lost 12 million ha of forest between 1990 and 2020 - the third largest absolute forest loss of all countries...

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The World Bank's Early Support to Addressing Coronavirus (COVID-19) Health and Social Response : An Early-Stage Evaluation

World Bank Group - 2022

This evaluation assesses the quality of the World Bank's early response to the COVID-19 crisis and the initial steps toward recovery, focusing on the health and social response. It concentrates on the relief stage and support to restructure systems in the first 15 months of the pandemic...

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Cabo Verde Economic Update, April 2021 : Rebounding from the Crisis; Restoring Fiscal Sustainability and Leveraging the Private Sector for a more Resilient and Sustainable Recovery

World Bank Group - 2021

The objective of this report is to provide an update to the Government of Cabo Verde, think-tanks and researchers, and the public on the state of the Cabo Verde economy and its outlook, together with the structural reforms required to strengthen the foundations for private sector-led recovery...

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Uganda Economic Update, 17th Edition, June 2021 : From Crisis to Green Resilient Growth - Investing in Sustainable Land Management and Climate Smart Agriculture

World Bank Group - 2021

The Ugandan economy is recovering from a sharp contraction due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock that had slowed growth to its lowest pace in over three decades. Real GDP growth is estimated to reach above 3 percent during FY21, following the modest recovery of 0.7 percent in the first half of...

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Strengthening Sustainability in the Cement Industry

World Bank Group - 2020

Concrete literally holds the modern world together. The material and its binding agent cement comprise a key ingredient in the buildings and roads essential for development and in infrastructure critical to sustainable growth. The cement industry also generates about seven percent of the world's...

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Strengthening Sustainability in the Steel Industry

World Bank Group - 2020

customers are increasingly pushing steelmakers to increase their sustainability by pursuing decarbonization pathways. To speed …

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Burkina Faso : Joint Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Analysis 2018 Update

World Bank Group - 2019

This joint World Bank/IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) has been prepared in the context of the 2018 Article IV … export base; and (iii) limit non-concessional borrowing to prevent a deterioration of its debt sustainability outlook …

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Cambodia : Joint Bank-Fund Debt Sustainability Analysis 2018 Update

World Bank Group - 2019

The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) using the revised joint IMF/WB Debt Sustainability Framework for Low Income … distress is low, the analysis indicates that debt sustainability is vulnerable to export and growth shocks, and the … introduction of a debtbased fiscal anchor, are necessary to ensure debt sustainability in the medium term …

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