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Addressing Climate Challenges in ECA Cities

World Bank - 2012

Much of the world's built environment is found in urban areas, and cities are thought to be responsible for up to 70 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and up to 80 percent of primary energy demand. Most of the energy consumed in the world fuels urban industry, powers urban homes...

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Options for Low Income Countries Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : A Report to the G-20 Development Working Group by the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank

International Monetary Fund - 2015

by other countries, the paper also discusses options for international coordination to address the risk of mutually …

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Global Experiences from Regulatory Sandboxes

World Bank - 2020

Regulatory sandboxes have become synonymous with fintech innovation and offer the unique benefit of providing the empirical evidence needed to substantiate decisions. This paper on Global Experiences from Regulatory Sandboxes brings together detailed lessons learned and case studies from...

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Geographic Hotspots for World Bank Action on Climate Change and Health

World Bank - 2017

In the last five years, the number of voices calling for stronger international action on climate change and health has …

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Women, Business and the Law 2012 : Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion

World Bank - 2011

Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit...

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Fostering Women's Economic Empowerment through Special Economic Zones : Comparative Analysis of Eight Countries and Implications for Governments, Zone Authorities and Businesses

World Bank - 2011

This global report examines the opportunity for special economic zones to promote women's economic empowerment and boost zone and enterprise competitiveness in developing countries. The research covers Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Jordan, Kenya, and the Philippines. The...

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Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets : Policy Responses

FAO - 2011

The approach taken in this report reflects the view of the collaborating international organizations that price … detail. Scope is identified for actions at individual, national, regional and international level. Some would help to avert a … resilience. Finally, the report explores mechanisms of international cooperation to implement this report's recommendations and …

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Improving the Assessment of Disaster Risks to Strengthen Financial Resilience : A Special Joint G20 Publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank

Government of Mexico - 2012

Rising losses from adverse natural events are compelling leaders of countries to develop more proactive approaches to risk management. In 2011 the world witnessed record losses from disasters caused by natural hazards with estimated costs of up to US

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Assessing the Investment Climate for Climate Investments : A Comparative Clean Energy Framework for South Asia in a Global Context

World Bank - 2012

Mitigating climate change while addressing development needs will involve a massive scale-up of investments in Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE). Most of these climate investments will come from the private sector, which will be the main driver of low-carbon growth in both...

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Integrating Climate Change into Road Asset Management

Henning, Theuns Frederick Phillip - 2017

There is a wealth of scientific reports that records the actual climatic changes that have been taking place during recent years. While there is debate over the causes of climate change, the rate at which this phenomenon is increasing is overwhelming - with the evidence indicating that the...

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