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Community-based natural resource management (CBRNM) aims to realize sustainable management of resources and improvements in livelihood. A central focus is the empowerment of indigenous and local communities through customary or devolved rights to common pool resources. Less attention is given to...
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Pharmaceutical products have contributed to longer life expectancy and better quality of life in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, they often account for a significant share of household expenditures, especially among the poor and those facing catastrophic health shocks. And they are not...
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This report aims to deepen the understanding of barriers to and incentives for the acceptance and use of electronic payments, from the perspective of micro, small and medium retailers (merchants). Developing and accelerating acceptance of electronic payments by these merchants is essential to...
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portfolio around scale, skills, affordability, and innovation. This case study highlights how IFC clients have contributed to …
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-driven development. Launched in September 2014, the Big Data Innovation Challenge has been key in encouraging big data approaches …
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This report is one of four analytical pieces on Ukraine's innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem developed by the … World Bank's Ukraine Technical Assistance on Innovation, supported by the Swedish Ukraine Financial and Enterprise Sector … Recovery and Growth Trust Fund. This report assesses the environment - or "ecosystem" -- that shapes innovation by firms in …
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emphasises a positive correlation between firm-level innovation and productivity gains, although evidence for developing … innovation is one of the major drivers of productivity growth, and is therefore of critical importance to the competitiveness and … innovation in the literature as it improves the capability for developing new products and processes and improving existing ones …
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interest in creating green bond markets, the Working Group has the following broad objectives: to enhance collective knowledge … to develop and deepen green bond markets through awareness raising, capacity building, and knowledge sharing. The …
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InfoDev - innovation and entrepreneurship report green sectors, such as renewable energy and sustainable agriculture …
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