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The aim of this note is twofold: (1) summarize emerging challenges and opportunities for the water sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; and (2) suggest ways to respond to these challenges where the World Bank's Water Global Practice can provide support. Following a description...
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is however an excellent and timely opportunity to diversify further the economy using a green growth strategy. The extra … windfall from higher oil prices to the GCC can be used to start new high-growth, green industries that would help the economies … also emphasizes that there is no inherent long run trade-off between emissions reductions, economic growth, and poverty …
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Four mutually supportive strategic pillars and related policy priorities would help Kazakhstan continue the structural transformation that stalled during the oil booms, in order to eliminate poverty and build a large and secure middle class: 1. economic management for diversification, to...
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macroeconomic stability is a necessary precondition for growth, the question is whether Serbia can do more to create a pro-growth … a surplus; and public debt is heading downward. However, growth is still meager. To ensure that the Serbian economy …
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The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Cambodian economy-where the growth slowdown was among the most … pronounced in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region-lies in the country's growth generating process. Recent growth has been … domestic investment. Just when past success was fueling high ambitions for future growth-to become upper middle income by 2030 …
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building a stronger underlying economic growth model. This country economic memorandum (CEM) highlights 4 key priorities to …-crisis reform agenda and accelerate long-term economic growth, including by spurring productivity growth, building human capital … better employment (Priority 1), while on the labor demand side, this means accelerating firm productivity growth and creating …
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opportunities in lagging and rural areas. Growth is constrained by weak commitment to policy implementation, creating a poor … growth performance of recent years, share prosperity among all of its citizens, and improve its resilience to natural hazards …
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Global growth slowed markedly in H1 2022. This was due to COVID-19 resurgences at the turn of the year; protracted … between supporting growth and managing price pressures. It has contributed to tightening in global financial conditions …
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This policy note summarizes the central health sector trends and challenges in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). These countries are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, and Qatar. The note also...
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This engagement note provides a snapshot of financial development in the countries of the GulfCooperation Council (GCC), Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and identifies key areas of the financial sector reform agenda where the World Bank Group (WBG)...
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