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Bulgaria : Efficiency Analysis of STI Programs
World Bank Group - 2021
program quality. This report is the third and final major component of the World Bank's Bulgaria public expenditure review for …
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Convergence : Five Critical Steps toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa
World Bank Group - 2020
Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new...
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Poland Catching-Up Regions : Strengthening the Implementation of Work-Based Learning
World Bank Group - 2017
useful instrument to address high unemployment rates among youth. In 2016, the World Bank started providing technical … European Commission (EC), and the World Bank, with the aim to improve the impact of European Union (EU) financing allocated to … improve innovation, employment, and economic growth in catching-up regions in Poland. As part of this programme, the World …
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From Uneven Growth to Inclusive Development : Romania's Path to Shared Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2018
Reforms spurred by accession to the European Union (EU) boosted productivity and integrated Romania into the EU economic space. Gross domestic product per capita rose from 30 percent of the EU average in 1995 to 59 percent in 2016. Today, over 70 percent of the country's exports go to the EU,...
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Convergence without Equity : A Closer Look at Spatial Disparities in Russia
World Bank Group - 2017
Addressing regional disparities is key to unlocking Russia's potential to achieve stronger gains in growth and equity outcomes as well as to improve its institutional environment. While spatial disparities have been an important policy concern in Russia for a long time, inequalities across its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645345
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Digital Connectivity in Lao PDR - Lagging Behind Peers : A Short Assessment with Policy Recommendations to Catch Up
World Bank Group - 2018
Digital connectivity-access to affordable and reliable internet services-has become a key driver of economic and social development globally. Economic activities and government services are increasingly moving online. Lao PDR is well-positioned to take advantage of these trends to improve...
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Slovakia Catching-Up Regions : Presov Region - Key Development Dynamics
World Bank Group - 2019
Though the European Union (EU) is a development conversion machine for national economies, it is less so for subnational regions. EU accession countries have been catching up to regional averages in terms of economic development since they joined the union. The economic success of the accession...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645875
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Slovakia Catching-up Regions : Unlocking the Endogenous Tourism Potential of Poloniny National Park and the Snina District of the Slovak Republic
World Bank Group - 2019
The report examines the current tourism development and market of the Presovsky Samospravny Kraj, Presov Self-Governing Region (PSK), focusing particularly on the lagging district of Snina and the National Park of Poloniny, and the opportunities for their improvement as potential drivers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012646521
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Slovakia Catching-up Regions : Unlocking the Endogenous Tourism Potential of Poloniny National Park and the Snina District of the Slovak Republic
World Bank Group - 2019
The report examines the current tourism development and market of the Prešovský Samosprávny Kraj, Presov Self-Governing Region (PSK), focusing particularly on the lagging district of Snina and the National Park of Poloniny, and the opportunities for their improvement as potential drivers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012575225
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Slovakia Catching-Up Regions : Prešov Region - Key Development Dynamics
European Commission; World Bank Group - 2019
Though the European Union (EU) is a development conversion machine for national economies, it is less so for subnational regions. EU accession countries have been catching up to regional averages in terms of economic development since they joined the union. The economic success of the accession...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012575623