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, prices for both mobile communications and fixed broadband are higher in the DR than in peer countries. Following the World … having a residual market share in the fixed and internet markets. While market concentration is common in the …
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, reflecting differing market, regulatory, and policy circumstances. This policy brief draws on World Bank experience and datasets … infrastructure system operators in different cities around the world, and how these link back to the climate challenges they may face … the World Bank Group …
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In this context, Bhutan can become wealthier through accelerating both domestic and foreign investment, as well as signing investment treaties. These investments could provide not just capital but also bring necessary skills, knowledge and ideas, and help the country move beyond hydropower....
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Protecting healthcare workers and patients is critical to reduce the spread of the disease. In this brief we highlight three urgent actions : Distribution of infection prevention and control (IPC) policies and guidelines to all health facilities; Manufacturing and distribution of IPC supplies to...
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The covid-19 pandemic is increasingly a concern for developing countries. Using a new database on COVID-19 trade flows and policies, this note looks at the role of trade and trade policy to address the looming health crisis in developing countries with highest numbers of recorded cases. It shows...
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Experiences from previous pandemics and large-scale shocks show that these crises often affect men and women differently. Specifically, the effectiveness of policy actions and the prevention of costly reversals in the progress achieved towards greater gender equality will crucially depend on how...
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essential food and health supplies and in limiting the negative impacts on jobs and poverty. The implementation of the World … citizens. This document builds on the World Bank Group's Trade and COVID Guidance Note on Managing Risk and Facilitating Trade …
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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was living a learning crisis. Before the pandemic, 258 million children … learning deficits. All this means that the world was already far off track for meeting Sustainable Development Goal 4, which … safety and doing what they can to prevent students' learning loss using remote learning. At the same time, countries need to …
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The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has overwhelmed the capacity of some domestic healthcare systems, highlighting the need to allow scarce healthcare resources to move, including across borders, to where outbreaks emerge and are worse. Digital technologies, data, and cross-border e-health...
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early April. The World Bank's GDP growth forecast for Vietnam has been cut by half compared to pre-crisis projections, with … economic slowdown, affecting their asset quality, liability, and profitability over time. Potential areas for collaboration … between the Government and the World Bank could include (i) macro and fiscal monitoring; (ii) implementation of social …
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