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Poverty Dynamics in India between 2004 and 2012 : Insights from Longitudinal Analysis Using Synthetic Panel Data
Dang, Hai-Anh H. - 2015
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Long-Term Growth Scenarios for Bangladesh
Sinha, Rishabh - 2017
Bangladesh has achieved robust economic growth over the past 10 years, with real GDP growing by more than 6 percent on average each year. This paper investigates whether the country will be able to maintain such high levels of growth going forward. A simple growth model calibrated to the...
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Beyond the S-curve : insurance penetration, institutional quality and financial market development
Giné, Xavier; Ribeiro, Bernardo; Wrede, Peter - 2019
insurance markets. Based on 20 years of insurance premium data from 180 countries, and a similar wealth of data on institutions … and financial market development, the paper presents important correlates of insurance market development. Although the … analysis cannot identify which factors directly cause insurance market growth, the results suggest that interventions aimed at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059017
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Incentivizing Sustainable Private Sector Investment in Timber Plantations in Myanmar : Policy Options to Encourage Socially and Environmentally Responsible Investment
World Bank Group - 2020
Forestry has traditionally been one of Myanmar's most important economic sectors, generating more in export earnings in the period 2010-2018. It is estimated that the country will have lost 12 million ha of forest between 1990 and 2020 - the third largest absolute forest loss of all countries...
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Shoeing the Children : The Impact of the TOMS Shoe Donation Program in Rural El Salvador
Wydick, Bruce - 2016
The study uses a cluster-randomized trial among 1,578 children from 979 households in rural El Salvador to test the impacts of TOMS shoe donations on children's time allocation, school attendance, health, self-esteem, and aid dependency. Results indicate high levels of usage and approval of the...
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Furthering World Bank Group's Corporate Environmental Sustainability
Kumar, Monika - 2010
The World Bank Group (WBG) has focused on reducing the environmental impacts of its internal operations and improving corporate environmental practices since 2002, when the WBG President announced WBG's commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The objective of this document is to...
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Strengthening the Citizen-State Compact through Feedback : Effective Complaint Management as a Pathway to Articulate Citizen Voice and Improve State Response
World Bank - 2016
The Palestinian Authority is committed to improving state-citizen relations through various mechanisms including the complaints resolution. The objective of this technical assistance, which has been undertaken at the request of the DGC, is to strengthen the Complaint Handling Mechanisms (CHMs)...
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Shared Prosperity through Inclusive Business : How Successful Companies Reach the Base of the Pyramid
Gaertner, Kathleen - 2014
Shared Prosperity through Inclusive Business: How Successful Companies Reach the Base of the Pyramid summarizes the practical lessons learned from IFC clients that successfully reach low-income people as suppliers or customers. There are lessons for each phase of the value chain-including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248344
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Firm compliance and public disclosure in Vietnam
Hollweg, Claire H. - 2019
Global consumers, international brands, and governments in producing and outsourcing countries aim to improve working conditions in global value chains, but uncertainty exists about what is the best approach. This research uses firm-level data from the International Labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121165
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Improving Transparency and Accountability in Public-Private Partnerships : Disclosure Diagnostic Report - Honduras
World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 1905
A joint Government of Honduras and World Bank team conducted a study in Honduras between January and June 2017, using the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Disclosure Diagnostic template recommended by the World Bank Framework for Disclosure of Information in PPPs. This study has been...
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