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Playing to strength : growth strategy for small agrarian economies in Africa
Yusuf, Shahid; Kumar, Praveen - 2018
economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a … growth strategy with the greatest potential for small, landlocked economies in East Africa. The paper uses Malawi, Rwanda …. Undoubtedly, there are obstacles to transferring the advanced technologies wholesale to East Africa, but their eventual …
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Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa : Measurement and Operational Implications
Mahmood, Syed Akhtar - 2009
Africa, requires a new development model built on greater trust; openness, transparency, inclusive and accountable service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644097
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City Development Strategy for Halong
National Institute for Urban and Rural Planning - 2012
By the year 2020, Ha Long will be a city of tourism, a center of seaborne commerce, a commercial capital and playing the role of a core urban area in the Northern region of Vietnam. It will be a place that will attract investment and tourism from all over the world with a growing, dynamic,...
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Toward successful development policies : insights from research in development economics
Artuc, Erhan; Cull, Robert J.; Dasgupta, Susmita; Jaef, … - 2020
What major insights have emerged from development economics in the past decade, and how do they matter for the World Bank? This challenging question was recently posed by World Bank Group President David Malpass to the staff of the Development Research Group. This paper assembles a set of 13...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228661
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How does the World Bank influence the development policy priorities of low-income and lower-middle income countries?
Knack, Stephen F.; Parks, Bradley; Harutyunyan, Ani; … - 2020
This study investigates the World Bank's use of lending and non-lending instruments to affect the policy priorities of developing countries. In a typical year, the World Bank lends more than USD 30 billion to its client countries. It also spends approximately USD 200 million on the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240734
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Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016 : Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change
2015 - Online-Ausg.
The Global Monitoring Report 2015/2016: Development Goals in an Era of Demographic Change details the progress toward the global development goals and examines the impact of demographic change on achieving these goals. Part I examines global development progress, the unfinished development...
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Correlates of Success in World Bank Development Policy Lending
Moll, Peter - 2015
This paper examines the correlates of success of development policy lending operations of the World Bank between 2004 and 2012. The paper uses a data set constructed of individual loan characteristics and ex-post loan ratings produced by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group. Departing...
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Realizing the Full Potential of Social Safety Nets in Africa
Beegle, Kathleen - 2009
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Accelerating Poverty Reduction in Africa
Beegle, Kathleen - 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After many years in decline, the … thousands of civilian lives in some countries and still drives pressing numbers of displaced persons.Despite Africa's widespread … years. Poverty rates in many countries are the highest in the world. And notably, the number of poor in Africa is rising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644228
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Inclusive Value Chains to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Africa
Swinnen, Johan - 2020
The rapid transformation of agri-food value chains in Africa and other developing countries hasimportant implications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646918