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Despite an initial surge in COVID-19 cases, cross country data suggests that Turkey containedrelatively quickly the spread and worst health effects of the virus. As in other countries, however, continued vigilance is essential to sustain this fragile trend. Turkey's pandemic response may offer...
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Guinea is a country with a rich historical legacy, abundant natural resources, a privileged geographical location - and …) posits that two critical factors have affected Guinea's development path since its independence in 1958. First, the country …
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Mali, Chad, Niger and Guinea have some of the lowest rates of secondary school completion in the world for girls. They … uneven across the four focal countries. Among them, Guinea has achieved the largest gains over the last few decades, but …
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The World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014-17 confirmed the Government's priority to … build 21st century skills for improved employability and to implement systemic reforms. Guinea is emerging from years of … Guinea to develop systems that will 'improve lagging human development indicators for absolute poverty reduction, through …
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This paper investigates the impact of World Bank development policy operations on the quality of economic policy during the period 1998-2015. A new theoretical framework distinguishes among three effects that have been conflated hitherto: (a) marginal impacts of additional policy actions within...
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As the second largest African oil producer, Angola had unsustainable government expenditures in effect until 2014 due to the drop in international oil prices. The Government responded with a comprehensive reform program including the gradual elimination of most fuel subsidies and an extension of...
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This study explores the potential and the limits of medium-resolution satellite data as a proxy for economic activity at small geographic units. Using a commune-level dataset from Vietnam, it compares the performance of commonly used nightlight data and higher resolution Landsat imagery which...
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In recent years, alongside democratic backsliding and security threats, censorship is increasingly used by governments and other societal actors to control the media. Who is likely to be affected by censorship and why? Does censorship as a form of punishment coexist with or act as a substitute...
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