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  Handbook

  Asset Recovery Handbook : A Guide for Practitioners, Second Edition

   

  Brun, Jean-Pierre; Sotiropoulou, Anastasia; Gray, Larissa; Scott, Clive; Stephenson, Kevin M.

  The Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners has been updated in 2020 by the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative, a joint initiative of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and the World Bank focused on encouraging and facilitating a more systematic and timely return of stolen assets. Designed as ...

  The Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners has been updated in 2020 by the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative, a joint initiative of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and t ...

  The Asset Recovery Handbook: A Guide for Practitioners has been updated in 2020 by the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative, a joint initiative of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime and the World Bank focused on encouraging and facilitating a more systematic and timely return of stolen assets. Designed as a how-to manual, the handbook guides practitioners as they grapple with the strategic, org ...

  Dec 10, 2020
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  Book

  The Private Sector amid Conflict : The Case of Libya

   

  Rahman, Aminur; Di Maio, Michele

  Libya’s economic stability should be a priority for the international community. Although the private sector is an integral part of the Libyan economy, limited systematic information is available on how the prolonged conflict in Libya affected the private sector and the implications for a postconflict recovery. Usi ...

  Libya’s economic stability should be a priority for the international community. Although the private sector is an integral part of the Libyan economy, limited systematic information is available on ...

  Libya’s economic stability should be a priority for the international community. Although the private sector is an integral part of the Libyan economy, limited systematic information is available on how the prolonged conflict in Libya affected the private sector and the implications for a postconflict recovery. Using original survey data, The Private Sector amid Conflict aims to fill this gap by analyz ...

  Nov 24, 2020
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  Speech

  Remarks at the Climate Ambition Summit 2020

   

  Malpass, David

  World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the Climate change, poverty, and inequality–defining issues of our age. The global poor often suffer the most from climate events, including flooding, droughts and food insecurity. The World Bank Group is the biggest multilateral funder of climate investments in deve ...

  World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the Climate change, poverty, and inequality–defining issues of our age. The global poor often suffer the most from climate events, including floodi ...

  World Bank Group President David Malpass spoke about the Climate change, poverty, and inequality–defining issues of our age. The global poor often suffer the most from climate events, including flooding, droughts and food insecurity. The World Bank Group is the biggest multilateral funder of climate investments in developing countries. Over the next five years, the Bank intends to go further, targeting thir ...

  Dec 12, 2020

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  Brief

  Rapid Information from Household High-Frequency Survey : Summary of Results from Round 4

   

  World Bank

  The brief presents the main findings from the fourth of eight rounds of a nationally representative survey of 1,500 randomly selected households in all states/regions of Myanmar. The survey was undertaken by conducting a 20-minute phone call with respondents from ...

  The brief presents the main findings from the fourth of eight rounds of a nationally representative survey of 1,500 randomly selected households in all states/re ...

  The brief presents the main findings from the fourth of eight rounds of a nationally representative survey of 1,500 randomly selected households in all states/regions of Myanmar. The survey was undertaken by conducting a 20-minute phone call with respondents from 7th to 29th October 2020....

  Dec 08, 2020
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  Brief

  Health Earmarks and Health Taxes : What Do We Know?

   

  Ozer, Ceren; Bloom, Danielle; Martinez Valle, Adolfo; Banzon, Eduardo; Mandeville, Kate; Paul, Jeremias; Blecher, Evan; Sparkes, Susan; Chhabra, Sheena

  Earmarking means taking all or a portion of total revenue from a tax or group of taxes and setting it aside or ‘protecting’ it for a designated expenditure purpose. Earmarking practices vary from ‘hard’ to ‘soft,’ and are associated with different levels of fiscal ris ...

  Earmarking means taking all or a portion of total revenue from a tax or group of taxes and setting it aside or ‘protecting’ it for a designated expenditure purpo ...

  Earmarking means taking all or a portion of total revenue from a tax or group of taxes and setting it aside or ‘protecting’ it for a designated expenditure purpose. Earmarking practices vary from ‘hard’ to ‘soft,’ and are associated with different levels of fiscal risk. At least 80, and likely more, countries earmark for health. H ...

  Dec, 2020
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  Brief

  Africa’s Resource Export Opportunities and the Global Energy Transition

   

  Galeazzi, Clara; Steinbuks, Jevgenijs; Cust, James

  Sub-Saharan Africa has vast non-fuel mineral resources that in some countries constitute major shares of their gross domestic product. The region also contains large oil and natural gas resources, which have been reliable sources of revenue for decades. The region as ...

  Sub-Saharan Africa has vast non-fuel mineral resources that in some countries constitute major shares of their gross domestic product. The region also contains l ...

  Sub-Saharan Africa has vast non-fuel mineral resources that in some countries constitute major shares of their gross domestic product. The region also contains large oil and natural gas resources, which have been reliable sources of revenue for decades. The region as a whole may be able to prosper from the global shift from oil an ...

  Dec 15, 2020

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  Serial

  The Cost of Staying Healthy

   

  World Bank

  Latin America and the Caribbean was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, which arrived on the back of years of disappointing economic growth and limited social progress, and after a wave of social unrest. This report reviews the impacts of the crisis as well as the policy responses by countries, which often involved size ...

  Latin America and the Caribbean was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, which arrived on the back of years of disappointing economic growth and limited social progress, and after a wave of social unres ...

  Latin America and the Caribbean was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, which arrived on the back of years of disappointing economic growth and limited social progress, and after a wave of social unrest. This report reviews the impacts of the crisis as well as the policy responses by countries, which often involved sizeable social transfers. It also presents growth forecasts, and quarterly growth estimates b ...

  Oct 09, 2020
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  Where to Spend the Next Million? Applying Impact Evaluation to Trade Assistance

   

  Cadot, Olivier; Fernandes, Ana M.; Gourdon, Julien; Mattoo, Aaditya

  Trade policy has changed fundamentally since the days of structural adjustment and economy-wide trade reforms. Partly in reaction to the uneven results of trade policy reforms, the focus has shifted to more targeted interventions aimed at reducing trade costs and addressing market failures that inhibit exports. Signifi ...

  Trade policy has changed fundamentally since the days of structural adjustment and economy-wide trade reforms. Partly in reaction to the uneven results of trade policy reforms, the focus has shifted t ...

  Trade policy has changed fundamentally since the days of structural adjustment and economy-wide trade reforms. Partly in reaction to the uneven results of trade policy reforms, the focus has shifted to more targeted interventions aimed at reducing trade costs and addressing market failures that inhibit exports. Significant national resources and international assistance are now devoted to trade facilitation ...

  2011
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  Kazakhstan : Agricultural Insurance Feasibility Study, Volume 2. Annexes

   

  World Bank

  Agriculture is a very important socioeconomic sector in Kazakhstan. The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (GRK) introduced a national compulsory crop insurance scheme in 2005 in order to provide grain producers and other farmers with a minimum level of ...

  Agriculture is a very important socioeconomic sector in Kazakhstan. The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (GRK) introduced a national compulsory crop insu ...

  Agriculture is a very important socioeconomic sector in Kazakhstan. The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (GRK) introduced a national compulsory crop insurance scheme in 2005 in order to provide grain producers and other farmers with a minimum level of protection against catastrophic climatic events. The overall objective o ...

  Oct, 2011