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Forest- and Climate-Smart Cocoa in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana : Aligning Stakeholders to Support Smallholders in Deforestation-Free Cocoa

Kroeger, Alan - 2017

Global cocoa production faces mounting environmental and economic challenges. Despite long-term global demand, cocoa producers are confronting the triple challenge of increasing productivity on limited land, reducing pressure on forests and ecosystems, and increasing their resilience to climate...

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Welfare and Poverty Impacts of Cocoa Price Policy Reform in Cote d'Ivoire

Katayama, Roy - 2017

Cote d'Ivoire is the world's leading cocoa producer, supplying nearly 40 percent of world cocoa production. Developments in the cocoa sector can have significant implications for poverty reduction and shared prosperity given that the sector is a source of livelihood for about one-fifth of the...

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Opportunities for Digital Financial Services in the Cocoa Value Chain in Cote d'Ivoire : Insights from New Data

Lonie, Susie - 2018

Cote d'Ivoire has the world's largest cocoa sector, producing over 1.4 million metric tons of raw cocoa per year, accounting for thirty two percent of world production. Harvest payments often arrive late due to the complex logistics of cash-based payments and, it is not uncommon for the amount...

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Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain

Kroeger, Alan - 2017

This report examines the cocoa supply chain, its associated deforestation, and the role and limitations of certification schemes to reduce deforestation. The deforestation-related commitments from cocoa companies are analyzed across the value chain by looking at commitment types, implementation,...

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Using student and teacher assessments to design more pertinent in-service teacher training : the case of Ecuador

Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Burgos-Dávila, Sebastian - 2019

Latin America and the Caribbean. Ecuador stands out as a country in the region that has made significant investments in … in Ecuador using available data from student and teacher assessments. Although countries in the region have made …

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Performance and challenges of the income protection system for older people in Ecuador

Apella, Ignacio - 2019

The purpose of this work is to analyze the performance of the Ecuadorian pension system, its challenges, and available policy options. Therefore, the study analyzes coverage, financing sufficiency, and sustainability indicators that were created based on information from the Encuesta Nacional de...

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Ecuador Systematic Country Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2018

During the last fifteen years, Ecuador's economic growth translated into impressive social gains. Yet, structural …

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Enterprise Surveys : Ecuador Country Profile 2017

World Bank Group - 2017

perceptions about obstacles to doing business. This document summarizes the results of the Enterprise Survey for Ecuador. Business …

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Gender Gaps in Ecuador : An Overview

World Bank Group - 2018

This review of gender issues aims to uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify potential policy recommendations that could help closing them in the coming years. The note is an input to the development of a Gender Action Plan for the Andean Countries under the Gender Analysis...

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Ecuador : Overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation

World Bank Group - 2019

The country brief provides and overview of Tobacco Use, Tobacco Control Legislation, and Taxation in Ecuador. Ecuador … has a strong tobacco control policy. A comprehensive tobacco control law was adopted and implemented. In 2017, Ecuador was … and older was 9.5 percent in 1998, and in 2014 it reached 2.8 percent. Estimated annual cigarette consumption in Ecuador …

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