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2017 Survey of National Development Banks
World Bank Group - 2018
collaboration with the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions. Sixty-four development banks from different parts of …
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Revisiting the Relevance of the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment on Economic Growth
Gonzalez, Christian Yves - 2018
We revisit the relevance of the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)against growth performance, with attention to possible biases arising from qualitative andquantitative changes in the CPIA methodology. The CPIA, introduced in the late 1970s, had aseries of extensive...
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Corporate Governance and Development : An Update
Claessens, Stijn - 2012
What do we know about the links between economic development and corporate governance in emerging markets? Stijn Claessens and Burcin Yurtoglu have sifted through scores of academic studies on various countries, sectors, and business organizations - from state-owned enterprises to publicly...
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Origins of Community-Driven Development : Indonesia and the Kecamatan Development Program
Guggenheim, Scott - 2021
targets for development, but as social and political beings whose institutions, priorities, values, and voice matter …
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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 2) : How can Benin's Demographic Transition Support Economic Growth? - Chapter 2
World Bank Group - 2022
A small open economy, Benin has seen growth that is above average for the region. The volatility of high growth spells combined with low productivity growth has translated into limited gains in income per capita. Following its transition from low-income country to lower middle income country...
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World Bank's Experience with Structural Reforms for Growth and Development
Swaroop, Vinaya - 2016
time, it realized that reform implementation critically depends on credible institutions and good governance, which are …
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The Lao Trade Story : Implementing Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation Reforms in Lao PDR
World Bank Group - 2016
In 2015, Lao PDR is virtually unrecognizable from what it was just a decade ago. A more open, more outward trade landscape has transformed the country from a closed-off backwater into a fast-growing developing country, complete with coffee shops, restaurants, and billboards lining the streets of...
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Macroeconomic Management for Poverty Reduction : Chad, Mali, Niger
Garba, Abdoulahi - 2016
The three countries covered in this first report, Mali, Chad and Niger, share a number of common characteristics and face a similar set of challenges, which provides the foundation for this joint-review approach. All three are low-income landlocked economies. Each relies heavily on the...
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Public-Private Dialogue in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations : Experiences and Lessons Learned
World Bank Group - 2014
Public-private dialogue (PPD) is highly necessary in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) to fill the gap … resulting from the lack of legitimate institutions, to help create transparency and trust among stakeholders, and to identify … and conflict-mitigating results are difficult to capture. However, the stakeholders that benefit from the results highly …
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Financing Pacific Governments for Pacific Development
Edwards, Kim - 2016
The small Pacific Island Countries (PICs) face unique constraints which pose public financing challenges beyond those faced by other small island developing states. The PICs also face frequent natural disasters and climate-related impacts which have destructive effects on livelihoods and the...
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