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Guinea-Bissau is highly dependent on international trade even when compared to other nations of its size and income level. However, it is equally clear that the country could derive far more benefit from its international trade opportunities than it does at the present time. This study examines...
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exchange rate volatility, and (b) trade and financial openness may have a potential role of mitigating and/or amplifying real … openness to exacerbate or mitigate real exchange rate volatility. The authors collected information on the real effective …) High real exchange rate volatility is the result of highly volatile productivity shocks, and sharp oscillations in monetary …
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-the Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP)—to scale up response to additional beneficiaries when shocks occur. Making the SCTP shock …-responsive is a key strategic pillar of the government’s Disaster Risk Financing Strategy. The SCTP scalable mechanism was first …,000 poor and vulnerable households that would be eligible to receive a cash transfer in the event of a shock, and in fact a …
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private investment in infrastructure depends on addressing this risk well. Private infrastructure contracts in developing … countries have usually passed much of this risk on to customers or the government. But because devaluations and large … depreciations in developing countries often occur in the context of macroeconomic and financial upheaval, such risk allocations …
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Somalia is highly exposed to climatic shocks. According to the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (NG-GAIN) ranking, Somalia is the most vulnerable country in the world to climate change. Somalia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change. Within the country,...
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This report presents the results of extensive research and collaborative efforts to improve Mongolia's social protection system's ability to adapt to covariate shocks and enhance herder resilience to climate shocks. It analyzes the existing social protection mechanisms, with specific attention...
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region exacerbates the vulnerability of the population. It also increases the risk of non-poor falling into poverty. In 2018 …
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