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This report was drafted by a working group of United Nations entities, the World Bank, and other stakeholders to … island developing states and coastal least developed countries; to identify some of the key challenges its adoption poses … previously achieved. This realization underscores the challenge facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least …
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The rapid review confirms that Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are socially, culturally, and … environmentally diverse, with some features in common, and which collectively make them unique to other regions of the world: Small … island countries have uniquely fragile water resources due to their small size, lack of natural storage, competing land use …
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Every discussion of the Caribbean states considers their characteristics as sea-locked countries, small economies, highly vulnerable to natural disasters, and a geographic platform that calls for regional cooperation and integration. The Caribbe
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stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation …
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Handling charges in Caribbean ports are two to three times higher than in similar ports in other regions of the world …
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Countries regularly track gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress, but not wealth-the assets such as infrastructure, forests, minerals, and human capital that produce GDP. In contrast, corporations routinely report on both their income and assets to assess their...
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Remarks delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group discuss the critical role of inclusive and … resources, develop green areas, and reflect upgraded environment standards and environmental inspection systems. The World Bank …
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The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016: Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change details the progress toward the global development goals and examines the impact of demographic change on achieving these goals. Part I examines global development progress, the unfinished development...
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a world with high inequalities than in a more equal world. In the long run, impacts could be much stronger, with global …
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The operations policy on Development Policy Lending (DPL), approved by the Board in August 2004, requires that the Bank systematically analyze whether specific country policies supported by an operation are likely to have "significant effects" on the country's environment, forests, and other...
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