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lackluster performance. Recent developments, including a new oil price shock, and the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic will push … shock. The response needs to consider how to socialize the losses, how to prevent a collapse of the financial sector, how to …
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shock to all education systems in our lifetimes. The damage will become even more severe as the health emergency translates …
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Over the period 2019-21, Albania had to confront dual shocks: the 2019 earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic. Both had sizable impacts on the country's economy. The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on an economy already affected by the earthquake in 2019. Key sectors were put in lockdown in...
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Policymakers in developing countries face multiple challenges related to climate change. To provide policymakers with reliable recommendations on a variety of climate related policies, the WBG has a diverse and complementary set of models. The analytics range from evaluating the aggregate,...
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/emergency consignments, (ii) enhanced use of risk management, safe processing of risk passengers and (iii) increased internal and external …
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geotechnical issues and recommended risk mitigation and management measures. The investigation, design, and construction of dams …
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disasters strike. Investments in physical and social resilience complement and reinforce financial resilience. Pre-arranged risk … financing can help governments reduce the fiscal cost of disasters. Sovereign catastrophe risk pools, established to help … financial resilience in their region. Governments are moving toward adopting more sophisticated risk financing strategies that …
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The Turkish lira (TL) has depreciated to an extent not seen since the 2001 crisis, reaching its lowest level in September 2018 (TL 6.37/US 1.00 dollar), losing 66 percent of its value against the US dollar since January 2018. This Regular Economic Report focuses on the likely impact of the...
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sector is also exposed to a higher risk of growing non-performing loans if support measures are withdrawn …
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The Tunisia Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies. It examines these economic developments and policies in a longer-term and global context and assesses their implications for the outlook for the country. There are two special focus sections in this...
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