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pollution; inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene; natural disasters (such as flooding and landslides); and land …
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. According to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) two thirds of the world's population are now online. Estimates of the … sector. Meanwhile, one-third of the world's population, or 2.6 billion people, remain unconnected to the internet. The large …
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huge economic loss, but pollution of environmental resources (air, land, and water) on an unprecedented scale. The Damage … and Needs Assessment (DNA) carried out by the World Bank Group (WBG) in 2017, estimated damages to the environmental … capacity building support provided through the Advisory Services and Analytical (ASA) work of the World Bank. The work involved …
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The growth and impacts of plastic pollution have emerged as a major environmental challenge globally. Plastic pollution … started to implement policies to manage plastic pollution and its impact, but as yet there is little evidence about their … development and implementation of policies to manage plastic pollution and provide evidence-based policy guidance. The structure …
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from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world …
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overview of agricultural pollution in the Philippines, commissioned by the World Bank. The overview consists of three 'chapters … overview of: (a) the magnitude, impacts, and drivers of pollution related to the crops sector's development; (b) measures that … have been taken by the public sector to manage or mitigate this pollution; and (c) existing knowledge gaps and directions …
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This policy note was prepared in parallel to the report Pakistan at 100, Shaping the Future. The report Pakistan at 100 discusses options to accelerate and sustain growth in Pakistan so that the country becomes an upper middle-income country when it turns 100 years old in 2047. This policy note...
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underpin the development of future World Bank operations in the environment sector; and (iii) to serve as an initial analysis … wide analysis undertaken by the World Bank in 2003, an environment sector policy note prepared by the World Bank in 2010 … carried out by the World Bank in related sectors including governance analyses of the mining and forestry sectors, a national …
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currently receiving insufficient attention given their relative significance: (1) in door and urban air pollution, (2) the …
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