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Enhancing ASEAN Connectivity Monitoring and Evaluation

World Bank Group - 2016

As Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) approaches end 2015, this report takes stock of the progress to date and draws out lessons for the next stage of ASEAN's connectivity journey. The realization of an integrated ASEAN community demands connectedness vis improved and expanded...

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The Belt and Road Initiative : reshaping economic geography in Central Asia?

Bird, Julia; Lebrand, Mathilde; Venables, Anthony - 2019

This paper develops a computable spatial equilibrium model of Central Asia and uses it to analyze the possible effects of the Belt Road Initiative on the economy of the region. The model captures international and subnational economic units and their connectivity to each other and the rest of...

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New Rural Access Index : Main Determinants and Correlation to Poverty

Iimi, Atsushi - 2016

, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nepal, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It was found that for the countries in Africa, road density …

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The african continental free trade area : economic and distributional effects

World Bank (Washington, District of Columbia) - 2020

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement will create the largest free-trade area in the world, measured by the number of countries participating. The pact connects 1.3 billion people across 55 countries with a combined GDP valued at USD 3.4 trillion. It has the potential to...

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Africa Can Help Feed Africa : Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples

World Bank - 2012

Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising … impacts on poverty. The report highlights the range of barriers to food trade in Africa along the entire value chain. The … that will arise in dealing with the political economy constraints that have until now blocked the capacity of Africa to …

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The extent of GVC engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa

Van Biesebroeck, Johannes; Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi - 2019

we document, two patterns stand out. First, the level of GVC engagement of most countries in sub-Saharan Africa is rather …

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Nepal Infrastructure Sector AssessmentPrivate Sector Solutions for Sustainable Infrastructure Development

World Bank Group - 2019

Despite several severe shocks in the past, conflict, unstable governments, earthquakes, and trade disruptions, Nepal has made strong progress in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. With the decade-long peace and constitutional process concluded, the Government of Nepal is keen to...

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Building Resilience in Turkey : Quantifying Climate and Disaster Risks to Critical Infrastructure, Lifelines and Agriculture

World Bank Group - 2019

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Rising Incomes and Inequality of Access to Infrastructure among Latin American Households

Fay, Marianne - 2017

This paper documents access to services and ownership of infrastructure-related durables in the water, energy, telecom, and transport areas, based on harmonized household survey data covering 1.6 million households in 14 Latin American countries during 1992 to 2012. The paper provides a...

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Making Infrastructure Work for Women and Men : A Review of World Bank Infrastructure Projects (1995-2009)

World Bank - 2010

Asia and the Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Africa all included gender concerns in the design of at …

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