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This report presents an overview of general findings from International Labor Office (ILO) and World Bank (WB) database. The report only uses a fraction of this large and rich database and is an invitation for researchers and practitioners to use the data for more in-depth research, which can be...
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The main objective of the report is to analyze the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory process in Romania …, and provide recommendations for improving the system in order to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of inventory …, including emissions forecasting provisions. This report describes the GHG inventory process and its history, analyzes the legal …
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Diesel gensets contribute to emissions of fine particulate matter (PM), including black carbon, which derives from the incomplete combustion of diesel (as occurs in many diesel generating sets or gensets). Particulate matter is a predisposing factor for respiratory and cardiopulmonary disease...
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This report aims to provide an overview of potential opportunities to participate in clean tech value chains, using new and evolving analytical tools from the World Bank Group that may help inform national policymaking around the EU's targets for clean-tech manufacturing. The focus is on four...
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The purpose of this study was to assess the current state of existing traceability systems in Vietnam's fruit and vegetable (F&V) value chains, examine pertinent policies and regulations, share international good practices and explore their potential applicability to Vietnam, and examine the...
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"Past research into the determinants of international trade highlighted the importance of the basic spatial gravity model augmented by additional variables representing sources of friction. Studies modeled many sources of friction using various proxies, including indices based on expert judgment...
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In 2006 the World Bank wrote a report analyzing the situation of logistics in Argentina and identifying the main restrictions on trade flows. That report, entitled 'Argentina: the challenge of lowering logistics costs in the face of growth in foreign trade' was the first World Bank study...
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