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Merit, Discrimination, and Democratization : An Analysis of Promotion Patterns in Indonesia's Civil Service

World Bank Group - 2018

What effect does democratization have on meritocratic practices in the civil service? Democratization increases … servants' performance-enhancing characteristics, democratization increases discrimination. The author test this argument using … servants. The author exploits the exogenous timing of Indonesia's democratization in 1999, paired with an individual …

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Indonesian Economic Transformation and Employment : Policy Input for an Indonesia Jobs Strategy

World Bank Group - 2016

The current downturn in commodity prices provides an opportunity for Indonesia to shift away from its dependence on commodity-driven growth towards higher value-added activities in manufacturing and services. However, Indonesia faces both global and structural challenges in making this...

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Rolling Back Russia's Spatial Disparities : Re-assembling the Soviet Jigsaw Under a Market Economy

World Bank Group - 2018

Russia's spatial disparities stem largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has no parallels even when compared to seemingly similar countries such as Australia and Canada. While Australia and Canada also have large land masses and even lower population densities than Russia, a...

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Poland Energy Transition : The Path to Sustainability in the Electricity and Heating Sector

World Bank Group - 2018

This report explores options to scale up and accelerate the energy transition to cleaner electricity and district heating generation mixes and reconcile the government's concerns over the serious local air pollution and commitments to combat climate change. The report draws three main...

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Digital Government Transformation in Vietnam : Global Lessons and Policy Implications

World Bank Group - 2021

This policy note highlights the important benefits that digital government can bring to a country's government and people. Specifically, it states the rationale for digital government transformation in Vietnam and lays out the what and how of a prioritization and sequencing strategy that can...

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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 3) : Connecting People and Markets for Economic Transformation - Chapter 3

World Bank Group - 2022

A small open economy, Benin has seen growth that is above average for the region. The volatility of high growth spells combined with low productivity growth has translated into limited gains in income per capita. Following its transition from low-income country to lower middle income country...

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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 4) : Increasing Diversification and Integration for Economic Transformation - Chapter 4

World Bank Group - 2022

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Trade and Investment Implications of Brexit

World Bank Group - 2016

The exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit) may have a negative impact on trade and investment flows not just for the UK, but also for the countries with the largest exposure to the UK. The indirect impact of a Brexit-induced recession in the UK -may also be felt in the EU...

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Disaster Risk Finance as a Tool for Development : A Summary of Findings from the Disaster Risk Finance Impact Analytics Project

World Bank Group - 2016

Since 2013 The World Bank Group has partnered with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery and the U.K. Department for International Development to address some of these gaps in evidence and methodologies. The Disaster Risk Finance Impact Analytics Project has made significant...

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The Fiscal Impact and Policy Response to COVID-19

World Bank Group - 2021

The outbreak was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11 and the epicenter of the crisis has moved from China and Korea to the US and Western Europe. Infections are also increasing at a rapid pace in WBG client countries, with large uncertainty about the extent to which many countries are...

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