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Indonesia is a diverse archipelago nation of more than 300 ethnic groups and has the largest economy in Southeast Asia as well as notable economic growth since overcoming the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s. The World Bank led Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services...
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The Government of Uganda has been working to establish a new system of NCA. NCA is a standardized approach to measuring and valuing natural resources. It overcomes the limitations of traditional economic measurements, such as gross domestic product (GDP), that look primarily at income and not at...
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Inequality of opportunity : what it is, how it can be measured, and why it matters -- A human opportunity index for … children -- Uses and policy applications of the human opportunity index -- Inequality of economic opportunity in seven Latin …
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2010 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and its component indicators. Based on a worldwide survey of global freight … logistics supply chain within a country. The index can help countries identify challenges and opportunities and improve their …
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This is the first report presenting the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and indicators. It aims to shed light on how …
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Improving logistics performance is at the core of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda. Policymakers globally recognize the logistics sector as one of their key pillars for development. Trade powerhouses in Europe like the Netherlands or in developing countries like Vietnam or...
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The Human Capital Index (HCI is a cross-country metric measuring the human capital that a child born today can expect …
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developments in Ghana in the context of the World Bank's Human Capital Index, launched in 2018. First, it identifies the two …
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This case study examines the policies, programs and processes undertaken in Morocco to improve its human capital outcomes since the 1990s. Sustained political commitment to education as a national priority across successive governments meant that while the net enrollment rate in primary school...
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quality of those services. In 2018, its rating on the Human Capital Index, a composite measure based on survival rates, the …
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