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Slow rockets and fast feathers or the link between exchange rates and exports : a case study for Pakistan
Brun, Martín; Gambetta, Juan Pedro; Varela, Gonzalo - 2020
Export responses to real exchange rate (RER) depreciations in Pakistan are lower than those to appreciations. This …
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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...
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Who Serves the Poor? Surveying Civil Servants in the Developing World
Rogger, Daniel - 2017
, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines, to highlight key aspects of their characteristics and experience of civil …
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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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Biomass Resource Mapping in Pakistan : Final Report on Biomass Atlas
World Bank - 2016
Pakistan is facing a large deficit in electricity supply. A report published by the Government of Pakistan (GoP) in … the ongoing renewable energy resource mapping project in Pakistan. The objective of this biomass mapping component is to … government and provincial authorities in Pakistan, and commercial project developers, with an improved understanding of the …
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Strengthening Local Providers for Improved Rural Water Supply in Pakistan
World Bank - 2016
World Bank executed technical assistance (TA) on strengthening local providers for improved rural water supply in Pakistan …
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Pakistan--Tracing the Flow of Public Money : Punjab Expenditure and Quantity of Service Delivery Survey in Primary School Sector
World Bank Group - 2015
The main objective of the report is to provide recommendations for policy makers and sector managers to help improve service delivery and the resultant outcomes in primary education. The fundamental premise of this analysis stems from Punjab Social Sector Public Expenditure Review conducted in...
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