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Remarks at Education Conference, Brussels, May 2, 2007
Wolfowitz, Paul - 2007
Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, spoke about Education for All being at the forefront of the development agenda. He spoke about four pillars to improve the education: (i) More aid: Education for all; (ii) Better aid: Quality of education that ensure the financial resources to align...
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Land and Credit : Mortgages in the Medieval and Early Modern European Countryside
Briggs, Chris (ed.); Zuijderduijn, Jaco (ed.) - 2018
1. Introduction: mortgages and annuities in historical perspective -- 2. Mortgages and the English peasantry c.1250-c.1350 -- 3. Mortgages raised by rural English copyhold tenants 1605-1735 -- 4. Mortgages and the Kentish yeoman in the seventeenth century -- 5. Why the equity of redemption? 6....
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Critical Connections : Promoting Economic Growth and Resilience in Europe and Central Asia
Gould, David Michael - 2018
growth in the Europe and Central Asia region. The study breaks new ground by using a multidimensional approach that … critical for achieving the greatest impact on growth.Europe and Central Asia provides a great laboratory for observing the role … within the Europe and Central Asia region and globally. The message is timely. Europe's once-confident march toward economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644132
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Toward a New Social Contract : Taking on Distributional Tensions in Europe and Central Asia
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2009
The growing economic fissures in the societies of Europe and Central Asia between generations, between insiders and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644156
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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, April 2019 : Financial Inclusion
2019
With slowing global growth and increasing uncertainty clouding the global economic prospects,the Europe and Central …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644199
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Belt and road economics : opportunities and risks of transport corridors
Ruta, Michele; Dappe, Matías Herrera; Lall, Somik V.; … - Weltbank - 2019
"China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013 to improve connectivity and cooperation on a transcontinental scale. This study, by a team of World Bank Group economists led by Michele Ruta, analyzes the economics of the initiative. It assesses the connectivity gaps between economies along...
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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2020 : Fighting COVID-19
World Bank Group - 2020
dimensions to make it more relevant for countries in Europe and Central Asia. First, the extension includes quality …
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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Fall 2020 : COVID-19 and Human Capital
The World Bank - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit human capital directly in Europe and Central Asia, adversely affecting both education and …
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Cities in Europe and Central Asia : A Shifting Story of Urban Growth and Decline
Zhukova, Sofia - 2017
This report is organized in four sections. Section one provides an overview of the context in which many ECA cities consolidated. This section includes a review of the key factors that shaped the urban systems of ECA, including a discussion of the implication of urbanizing under planned...
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Skills and Europe's Labor Market : How Technological Change and Other Drivers of Skill Demand and Supply are Shaping Europe's Labor Market
Hoftijzer, Margo - 2018
This report complements the recent World Bank publication, Growing United: Upgrading Europe's Convergence Machine …
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