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for economic policy and social welfare. In Lebanon, the ongoing crisis since 2019 has exacerbated severe economic … challenges, with the national currency's collapse, bank crisis, and foreign reserve deficits. The World Bank reports Lebanon … manifestations in Lebanon during financial crises. Our methodology involves a comprehensive literature review, alongside a case study …
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"The Monfort Plan is a five-year, forward-looking plan to eradicate extreme poverty from the developing world, and details how microfinance has made a difference in developing countries. This book proposes a new institution, based in the developing world, with the potential to provide basic,...
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This paper argues that the World Bank's adoption of the principle of sustainable development is an example of the persistence of the law and development approach. Indeed, the World Bank's interpretation of the principle translates into its projects; through soft law and loan conditionality, it...
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The first volume of Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) series (IEG 2009) examined World Bank experience with the promotion of the most important win-win (no regrets) energy policies, policies that combine domestic gains with global greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. These included energy pricing...
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"This book provides a critical deconstruction of the human development framework promoted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990. Taking the Human Development Reports of the UNDP as its starting point for reflection, this book investigates the construction of this...
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This study from the Independent Evaluation Group draws lessons for development and climate change mitigation from the World Bank Group's far-reaching portfolio of projects in energy, forestry, transport, coal power, and technology transfer. Reviewing what has worked, what hasn?t, and why, the...
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