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Mongolia - Towards a High Performing Civil Service : Reform Progress and Challenges

World Bank Group - 2020

This report reviews Mongolia's civil service in the ten years since the World Bank's (WB) 2009 civil service assessment. An important milestone was the passing of a new Civil Service Law (CSL) in late 2017, by the State Great Hural, which became effective January 1, 2019. This report reviews...

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Ukraine COVID-19 Purchasing : Building Resilience while Reinforcing Reforms

World Bank Group - 2022

Ukraine provides an illuminating example of a health system that has responded to a health shock in a way that both builds health system resilience and advances health system reforms. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Ukraine in early 2020, a set of major health financing and provider...

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Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators : Methodology, Insights, and Applications

World Bank Group - 2021

What is the appropriate level of employment in the public sector as a whole and for essential workers like public administrators, teachers, and doctors? Is the public sector wage bill affordable? Does the public sector pay competitive wages compared to the private sector to attract talent while...

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Institutional Arrangements for Financial Consumer Protection

World Bank Group - 2015

There is growing evidence that financially inclusive countries are more financially stable and exhibit better micro- and macro-economic conditions conducive to financial well-being of individual consumers. In order to produce significant economic and societal benefits, financial inclusion needs...

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Promoting Competition in Local Markets in Mexico : A Subnational Application of the World Bank Group's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Tool

World Bank Group - 2018

increase the cost of doing business. The World Bank Group (WBG) was requested to address a critical gap and to pilot a reform …-oriented engagement on competition policy at the subnational level. WBG engaged to motivate an actionable reform plan that can unlock … assessment tool (MCPAT) application to various subnational governments in Mexico and the initial reform experience. It draws on …

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Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages : Summary of International Evidence and Experiences

World Bank Group - 2020

This evidence review is designed to support policy makers seeking to implement a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). It synthesizes the latest global evidence of effectiveness of SSB taxes and summarizes international experiences with SSB taxation to-date. SSBs are non-alcoholic beverages...

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Enhancing Government Effectiveness and Transparency : The Fight Against Corruption

World Bank Group - 2020

News headlines over the last few years have been filled with global scandals involving corruption on an unprecedented scale. They touch virtuallyevery continent, from Asia to Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The scale, magnitude, and sophistication of the operations has increasingly risen to...

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Assessing Country Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccines : First Insights from the Assessment Rollout

World Bank Group - 2021

The global COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the largest public health initiative ever undertaken, presents challenges unprecedented in scale, speed and specificities, especially in low and middle-income countries. In November 2020, anticipating the availability of safe and effective vaccines for...

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Toward a One Health Approach in Sudan : Understanding the Nexus of Climate Change, Land Use, Zoonotic Diseases, and Human Health

World Bank Group - 2024

The significance of this diagnostic work stems from the fact that it is the first of its kind to be carried out under the One Health perspective in Sudan. The study aligns with the World Bank's growing focus on One Health approach to preparing for and addressing zoonotic and emerging infectious...

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Preventing, Preparing for, and Responding to Disease Outbreaks and Pandemics : Future Directions for the World Bank Group

World Bank Group - 2023

This paper has outlined an ambitious agenda for the WBG to support PPR enhancement at country, regional, and global levels as part of a broader approach to strengthen health systems. It is an agenda that not only seeks to deliver on the Bank's IDA commitments related to disease outbreaks and...

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