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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reported over 30 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and around 960,000 deaths as of May 2021. Official tracking data shows that Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina have the highest number of reported cases throughout LAC, which in turn is the region with among...
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this market failure. The report proposes different business models and financing instruments to channel private investment … into road safety projects. These investment structures consist of subnational, public-private partnerships (PPPs) and …
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to identify policy and investment priorities in agribusiness to stimulate inclusive growth and jobs. The study ultimately … and investment. After a brief introduction (chapter 1), chapter 2 presents a framework to understand the role of … agribusiness in development. Chapter 3 provides estimates of productivity and capital investment gaps in various subsectors of …
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grows more quickly, the focus should be on increasing investment-both private and public …
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. Non-extractive GDP growth reached 3.7 percent as investment growth accelerated, supported by a marked recovery in public … investment, and leading to a surge in imports. Private consumption remained dynamic, stimulated by growing public sector wages …. Continuing to strengthen data systems would support investment and public policymaking. In 2023 and 2024, digitalization efforts …
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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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The objective of this report is to present a snapshot of the welfare landscape in Djibouti that will help stakeholders understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of...
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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of poverty and inequality in Tanzania and identifies some priority actions if poverty is to be reduced. The analysis is contained in two parts. The first part is based on the results of the Household Budget Surveys (HBSs) for 2017-18, 2007, and...
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Over the last five decades, Colombia has made substantial progress in protecting its environment. This includes restructuring its legal and regulatory landscape, undertaking policy initiatives, and strengthening its capacity for protecting and managing its natural resources and environmental...
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-sector investment that led to increases in labor demand, particularly in industry and services; and (iv) a commodity boom that led to …'s inward looking growth model based on non-tradable sectors and domestic demand amplified by public investment cannot be …
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