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Sustainable Financing and Policy Models for Municipal Composting
Kaza, Silpa - 2016
Municipal solid waste generation is expected to continue rising, especially in low- and middle-income countries, along with the associated greenhouse gas emissions. This report attempts to understand how cities can more sustainably manage organic waste through composting. It presents successful...
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How to Develop Sustainable Irrigation Projects with Private Sector Participation
Mandri-Perrott, Cledan - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644329
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Benin : Innovative Public Private Partnerships for Rural Water Services Sustainability
Migan, Sylvain Adokpo - 2015
This case study provides evidence of the possibilities for attracting private sector engagement in piped rural water systems, and also clearly lays out some of the on-going sustainability challenges. There is an important learning opportunity for the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa to develop similar...
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Building Partnerships for Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services in Africa
World Bank - 2009
This briefing note provides a rapid scan of partnership initiatives by the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) to improve the state of water and sanitation services in Africa. The note aims to highlight the gains and challenges of the major...
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Assessing the Role of International Organizations in the Development of the Social Enterprise Sector
Hoyos, Angela - 2017
This paper examines the contribution of international organizations to the development of the social enterprise sector worldwide, and assesses the types of programs and policies international organizations are using to promote this agenda globally. The results indicate that international...
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Retaking the Path to Inclusion, Growth and Sustainability : Brazil Systematic Country Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2016
changed economic circumstances have exposed shortcomings in Brazil's development model, epitomized by the struggle to achieve … environment. Brazil thus finds itself at an important juncture and, to a certain extent, the policy course set today will … sustainable growth. This Systematic Country Diagnostic offers a contribution to the debate about Brazil's future development …
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Understanding the cost of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Vorisek, Dana; Yu, Shu - 2020
This paper presents a review of studies that estimate the cost of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Although the Sustainable Development Goals provide useful benchmarks for fiscal authorities and donors, typical cross-country costing exercises can be misleading, for a variety of...
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Can women's self-help groups contribute to sustainable development? : evidence of capability changes from Northern India
Anand, Paul; Saxena, Swati; Gonzalez, Rolando; Dang, … - 2019
This paper investigates a women's self-help group program with more than 1.5 million participants in one of the poorest rural areas of Northern India. The program has four streams of activity in micro-savings, agricultural enterprise training, health and nutrition education, and political...
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Moving Forward : Connectivity and Logistics to Sustain Bangladesh's Success
Herrera Dappe, Matias - 2020
The erosion of its competitiveness is raising concerns about the sustainability of Bangladesh's growth model based on exports of ready-made garments. To safeguard its comparative advantage in ready-made garments and diversify its exports basket, Bangladesh needs to increase its competitiveness....
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Armenia : Strategic Mineral Sector Sustainability Assessment
World Bank - 2016
This report provides a review of the Armenian mining sector, and assesses its potential to contribute to sustainable economic growth and development. Based on the findings, it provides recommendations for initiatives and actions for the future development of the sector. The report was produced...
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