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The Economics of Tobacco Farming in Indonesia
World Bank Group - 2017
This report aims to contribute to the policy debate over the reform of the Indonesian tobacco excise tax system by reporting results of a nationally representative survey of and focus group discussion with smallholder tobacco farmers that examine their livelihoods and how tobacco tax reform may...
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Remarks at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, Tokyo, March 13, 2015
Kim, Jim Yong - 2015
Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, discusses the two goals that shape the mission of the World Bank Group: ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity. He speaks the need to accelerate a kind of economic growth that's more inclusive, socially sustainable, and...
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Address before the Bankers' Club of Chicago, January 10, 1951
Black, Eugene R. - 2019
Eugene R. Black, President of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, echoed the Gordon Gray report regarding the importance of giving the underdeveloped countries a greater opportunity to raise their standard of living. He emphasizes the gradual nature of the development...
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Address to the Canadian Club of Montreal
Black, Eugene R. - 1956
Eugene R. Black, President of the World Bank Group, spoke about the vigorous partnership between Canada and the World Bank. He described at length the relationship between Canada and the Bank in terms of lending and the country's progress in various areas of economic development
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Address to the Bankers' Club, London
Wolfensohn, James D. - 1997
James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, made points on topics that link banking to the developing world: scourge of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which has 16 million people suffering from that disease; crime; war; migration, because migration comes from countries that do...
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Carbon Market Clubs and the New Paris Regime
Brewer, Thomas L. - 2016
The objective of this paper is to examine the possible relationships between climate clubs and systems and services developed to enable the smooth functioning of Emissions Trading Schemes (ETSs), linked pairs of ETSs and networks of ETSs coming together in various formations that can be...
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Smart Subsidy? : Welfare and Distributional Implications of Malawi's FISP
Jacoby, Hanan - 2016
to help poor farmers. This analysis of Malawi's huge Farmer Input Subsidy Program highlights a tension between these two …
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Adolescent Girls in Malawi : Introduction and Overview
World Bank Group - 2016
spending on education, health care, and nutrition are often more likely to affect adolescent girls than boys. In Malawi … consequences for them and for the nation as a whole. In order to initiate the potential for a demographic dividend, Malawi will …
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Adolescent Girls in Malawi : Executive Summary
World Bank Group - 2016
spending on education, health care, and nutrition are often more likely to affect adolescent girls than boys. In Malawi … consequences for them and for the nation as a whole. In order to initiate the potential for a demographic dividend, Malawi will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644562
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Malawi Urbanization Review : Leveraging Urbanization for National Growth and Development
World Bank - 2016
The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current … capacity of local governments to manage the process. Analyses presented in this report are particularly timely as Malawi is … planning for the coming half decade through the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) III (2016-2020). Malawi is …
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