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The South Asia Economic Focus is a biannual economic update presenting recent economic developments and a near term economic outlook for South Asia. It includes a Focus section presenting more in depth analysis of an economic topic of relevance for stability, growth and prosperity in the region...
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Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, discussed the fight for good governance and the fight against corruption … a virtuous circle where good governance leads to stronger development and stronger development leads to stronger … governance …
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growing focus on the importance of good governance to ensure effective implementation. The European Commission's 6th Cohesion … Policy report notes that governance problems not only delay the implementation of Cohesion Policy programs but also reduce … the impact of these investments. The report states: 'a lower standard of governance can affect the impact of Cohesion …
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it turns hundred years old in 2047. This policy note discusses the need for strong governance to accelerate and sustain … Pakistan's growth. Strong governance will require improved transparency and accountability, so policies are designed and …
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Global evidence suggests better infrastructure governance results in more efficient spending and better growth outcomes …, 2015; World Bank 2014; OECD, 2013a) demonstrate that improvements in infrastructure governance can lead to substantial … efficiency enhancements and enhanced infrastructure productivity over the life of the asset. Conversely, poor governance is a …
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specific approach discussed in this report is the "landscape approach" which, in turn, calls for improved "landscape governance … current governance challenges in Indonesia's lowlands, focusing on those related to the government sector, and discusses how … Indonesia's recent efforts to address the governance challenges in the management of peatlands and other lowland ecosystems …
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News headlines over the last few years have been filled with global scandals involving corruption on an unprecedented scale. They touch virtuallyevery continent, from Asia to Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The scale, magnitude, and sophistication of the operations has increasingly risen to...
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For almost a century, the Dominican Republic has faced considerable governance and corruption challenges. High levels …) to improve governance and combat corruption is assessed, taking a relatively broad governance perspective. The paper does … the analysis and debate about the benefits and challenges of participatory initiatives promoting good governance and anti …
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measures of governance. The associations are robust in a regression framework that exploits within-country variation over time … simplistic policy prescriptions, a sizable increase in the number of ministers is likely bad news for governance …
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, transparency), and (iii) boosting the efficiency of governance structures for regulators that set policies affecting trade in …
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