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Ukraine has made impressive progress on key reforms and restored macro-financial stability, but weak growth and poverty remain a concern. Despite these economic challenges, Ukraine recognizes climate change as the most consequential factor this century, affecting the economy and future...
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development context for the world is fundamentally challenged in many ways. The …
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Mangroves provide essential ecosystem functions and services that support coastal communities. Despite their importance, they have been degraded and removed globally resulting in loss of resilience of coastlines, their communities, and economies. Myanmar in particular has suffered from high...
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nutrients, helping tree species regenerate, removing invasive weeds and pathogens, and maintaining habitat for some wildlife …
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nations in the world with an increasing poverty level that reached 55 percent in 2016-2017, 80 percent of Afghans depend on …, mineral and resource development, and human capital development programs. This World Bank paper that highlights the importance …
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and Kashmir (9.6 percent), and Gilgit-Baltistan (7 percent). The World Bank supported Pakistan's forestry sector until … and Agriculture Organization, and international non-governmental organizations such as World Wildlife Fund, International … small scale. Since 2015, the World Bank has been supporting Pakistan with USD 7.4 million to help the country prepare for …
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This report presents a framework for strengthening the effectiveness and efficiency of regulation of forestry and … related sectors. It strives to identify and reduce regulatory burdens on private firms active in the forestry sector, while … countries, has significant impact on national and global forestry product markets, leading to increasingly heavy regulation of …
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and donor organizations, have recognized the potential of community forestry (CF) to address many of these challenges …)] of community forests by fiscal year 2030/31), legal frameworks (for example, Community Forestry Instructions [CFIs], 1995 …
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century. Myanmar's forests contain some of the most valued species in the world-particularly rosewood, ironwood, and teak …. Some of Myanmar's forests also form some of the world's most critically important biodiversity 'hotspots'. Despite all of …
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