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This handbook has been developed to provide instruction on the design and implementation of incentives for resource-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource-efficiency program in a country on behalf of the...
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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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makers, for at least five reasons. First, agriculture makes up an important part of the economy, so if agricultural growth … decelerates, overall growth will suffer. Second, an expanding agricultural sector diversifies Peru's economy and reduces … dependence on extractives, so if the agricultural sector contracts relative to other sectors, economic growth could become more …
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point of view that increased productivity will improve the competitiveness of agri-food value chains, result in higher …, competitiveness, investment, and exports: investing in broadening productivity gains in priority sectors, strengthening value chains …
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, and increase the incomes of citizens over time. Worldwide, improving the competitiveness of cities is a pathway to … eliminating extreme poverty and to promoting shared prosperity. The primary source of job creation has been the growth of private …
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the key investments and reforms needed to improve economic competitiveness and job creation …
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This Policy Note focuses on distribution channels, the role they play in product diversification and costs, and how regulation can promote competition in mutual funds (MFs) distribution. In many emerging market economics (EMEs) where both the capital markets and the MFs have reached certain...
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Stagnant productivity growth and high disparities in productivity levels across Mexican states have been holding back … economic growth. In general, Mexico's federal government has a solid competition policy framework in place. Subnational …
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The objective of this report is to identify existing regulatory restraints to competition in key sectors and the economy as a whole and use them to design an effective competition policy for the Philippines. The report builds on Product Market Regulation (PMR) indicators and the WBG's Markets...
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competition policy team of the WBG's equitable growth, finance and institutions Vice Presidency. In addition, selected sections of …
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