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Road construction has often been viewed as the precursor to deforestation, especially in tropical forests. Traditional responses to such threats have been reactive, with attempts to mitigate impacts through physical measures, or the establishment of protected areas. These approaches often have...
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The transport sector offers limited options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as compared with other sectors, such as power generation and industrial sectors. To understand the potential reduction of energy consumption and associated emissions through fuel substitution or transportation service...
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Vietnam's transport sector plays an important role in its socioeconomic development. Passenger transport helps meets daily needs and contributes significantly to tourist service development while freight transport helps meet the country's demand for delivery of raw materials and of semi-finished...
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Slovakia's transport sector has not suffered from the dramatic reductions in demand and neglect of its infrastructure that have afflicted many of its neighbors. However, current under-maintenance is eating away at the stock of transport infrastructure and is unsustainable in anything more than...
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productivity across cities and industries in Cameroon. Emphasizing the link between micro-foundations and the data, the paper …
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Cameroon is a lower-middle income country with social indicators and levels of poverty which are below those for …
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The purpose of this report is to help policymakers improve economic development and job creation in Cameroon's cities … with over 120 local firms and stakeholders in Douala, Bamenda, Kribi; and (3) institutional analysis of Cameroon … highlights the importance of investing in Cameroon's cities and makes key recommendations to national and local government for …
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Cameroon's risk of external debt distress remains high. Fiscal consolidation and the Fund-supported envisaged reforms …, Cameroon's external debt remains highly vulnerable to exogenous shocks: the policy-dependent threshold for the present value of …
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Cameroon (GOC) to enhance public expenditure efficiency and improve the quality of public goods and services. The report … assesses whether spending patterns are consistent with Cameroon's development objectives. The report includes an in … relevant in Cameroon. Finally, the report reviews public health and education expenditures, which together account for 20 …
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Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Introduction and background -- The macro aggregation-accumulation model -- Enterprises and workforce -- Key economic sectors for jobs, value addition, competitiveness, and growth -- Skills accumulation and the stock and flow...
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