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Toward Universal Financial Inclusion in China : Models, Challenges, and Global Lessons
World Bank Group - 2018
China has achieved remarkable success in financial inclusion. China's rate of account ownership - a basic metric of … the world's largest agent banking network. China has also been an established leader in the fintech revolution, with new … themselves against risk. This report examines in detail China's approach to financial inclusion over the past 15 years. The …
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Chongqing 2035 : Spatial and Economic Transformation for a Global City
World Bank Group - 2019
Geographically, Chongqing is strategically positioned as a gateway to China's west, a key connection in the Yangtze … river economic belt, and a strategic base for China's belt and road initiative. Over the past two decades, Chongqing has …
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Nepal Development Update, October 2023 : Restoring Export Competitiveness
World Bank Group - 2023
Real GDP growth decreased to an estimated 1.9 percent in FY23, the lowest rate since FY20 and substantially below the 10-year average growth rate. Monetary tightening and the effects of import restrictions contributed to the slowdown. Economic activity was particularly subdued in the industry...
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Chad SME Competitiveness and Global Value Chain Upgrading Diagnostics with Focus on Opportunities in the Domestic and Regional Markets
World Bank Group - 2021
This study aims to explore ways in which key competencies of the oil and gas industry could be leveraged to support the diversification of the Chadian economy. The analysis focused on identifying opportunities and prioritizing core competencies in specific segments of the oil and gas value chain...
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Enhancing Competition Conditions and Competitiveness of Philippine Domestic Shipping
World Bank Group - 2014
For the economy to attain its full potential, the Philippines requires an efficient water transport system. However, this is presently not the case. The domestic shipping industry is characterized by high costs, low quality of service, and a poor safety record. Logistics cost accounts for 24-53...
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Enhancing Competitiveness in Sri Lanka
World Bank Group - 2016
Sri Lanka needs to address new challenges if it is to sustain its strong record of economic growth and poverty reduction. The country has in many respects been a development success story, with average growth exceeding 6 percent and a threefold decline in poverty using the national poverty line...
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Shifting Kenya's Private Sector into Higher Gear : A Trade and Competitiveness Agenda
World Bank Group - 2016
Shifting Kenya's private sector into higher gear: a trade and competitiveness agenda' was born out of the World Bank's Trade and Competitiveness (T&C) Global Practice recent stock taking of its work in Kenya. This was part of a Programmatic Approach that aimed to organize T&C's knowledge,...
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Gaining Momentum in Peruvian Agriculture : Opportunities to Increase Productivity and Enhance Competitiveness
World Bank Group - 2017
What is the future for agriculture in Peru? Once the principal source of employment and income for much of the population, Peru's agricultural sector has declined in importance as the national economy has grown and urbanized. Economic activity in the sector has continued to grow, but economic...
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Russia : Policies for Agri-Food Sector Competitiveness and Investment
World Bank Group - 2017
Despite advances in agricultural production, TFP, and trade balances, Russia continues to lag behind many comparator countries in measures of crop and livestock productivity. This report has aimed to provide a vehicle for dialogue with government on agri-food sector collaboration to address this...
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Belarus Systematic Country Diagnostic : Towards a Competitive, Inclusive and Dynamic Belarus
World Bank Group - 2018
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus has pursued a gradual transition path characterized by slow opening of the economy to the private sector and a limited reform of the governance system of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This systematic country diagnostic (SCD) demonstrates that...
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