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The emergence of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought with it a sharp focus on public health … to tackle both the pandemic and the climate crisis. This report provides a framework that builds on the World Bank …'s climate-smart health care approach and integrates the World Bank's multiphase programmatic approach (MPA) into the global …
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world struggles to scale up vaccination in the face of new waves and variants, continued emphasis on testing could help …
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Although developing countries face a drastic increase in their greenhouse gas emissions, mitigating actions against climate change do not rank high among their priorities. The obvious reason lies in the necessity for them to continue the development process, which is characterised by pressing...
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This paper reviews alternative (national and international) climate change mitigation policy instruments and interactions across them. Carbon taxes, cap-and-trade schemes, standards and technology-support policies (R&D and clean technology deployment) in particular are assessed according to...
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that in a context of weakening economic conditions in Europe and sizeable fiscal consolidation and domestic policy uncertainty, the French economy flat lined in 2012. However, recent improvements in economic indicators support the expectation of a...
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Czech economy, despite its strong fundamentals, is in the midst of a prolonged recession because of the euro area slump and weak domestic demand. A further slowdown in the euro area would exacerbate the situation, creating the risk of lower...
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