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The World Bank has partnered with the Commitment to Equity Institute at Tulane University to implement their diagnostic …
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The focus of this paper is on sustainable tourism's wider benefits, it is important to acknowledge that there are … tradeoffs involved. Like other economic activities, tourism both gives and takes from communities and travelers. When it is … poorly planned, tourism can negatively impact cities, parks, and historic monuments, and put severe pressure on local …
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2012 assessment's data set, using a cut-off per capita GDP (in 2010 purchasing power parity dollars) of …
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This paper reviews the experiences of intergovernmental fiscal systems (IGFS) to look for possible lessons for how Official Development Assistance (ODA) is delivered. Specifically, it compares IGFS and ODA in two specific respects. The first is the proportion of public resources that central...
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The World Bank Group (WBG) has long recognized that the restoration and preservationof cultural heritage, urban … regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries' efforts to promote local economic development … well conserved UNESCO World Heritage sites and many historic districts …
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across the world, including many vulnerable communities, who depend on tourism for their livelihoods. According to the World …The travel and tourism industry was one of the first sectors to be affected by COVID-19. Since March, the entire value … acutely felt by the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs) that make up around 80 percent of licensed tourism and tourism …
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The spread of COVID-19 and implementation of "social distancing" policies around the world have raised the question of …
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The paper uses Google mobility data to identify the determinants of social distancing during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. The findings for the United States indicate that much of the decrease in mobility is voluntary, driven by the number of COVID-19 cases and proxying for greater awareness of...
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applies not just to the vulnerable in the rich world; the vulnerable in the rest of the world are not more immune. Yet … inequality creates the impression that the world is subjected to two different pandemics in terms of their impact. This paper … yet to run its course through the age distributions of the world …
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The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the … the world's economies. The report provides ICP results for the benchmark year 2017 and revised results for earlier years …-operation and Development, the United Nations, and the World Bank. Notably, PPPs and ICP data are used in indicators monitoring …
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