the world bank s trade and transport facilitation in southeast europe project
An update to the World Bank’s estimates of consumption poverty in the developing world* pot
... progress across the Bank s regions, but (for the first time) progress in all regions Dramatic progress in East Asia Looking back to the early 198 0s, East Asia was the region with the highest incidence ... and certainly by the standards of what poverty means in rich countries There has been less long-run progress in getting over the $2 per day hurdle Indeed, we see only a small drop in the number ... For the first time since this monitoring task began, the data indicate a decline in both the poverty rate and the number of poor in all six regions of the developing world Between 2005 and...
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Tài liệu THE WORLD BANK’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACTION PLAN 2010-2015 pdf
... more convincing results Using the health systems strengthening platform Health systems strengthening (HSS) has developed out of the tensions between vertical/disease-specific programs and horizontal/system-wide ... between the investments needed to ensure an adequate supply of essential inputs such as human resources, pharmaceuticals and supplies, and buildings and vehicles and the financing of strategies to ... outcomes Increasing inputs does not necessarily mean using traditional investment lending, especially since other types of lending instruments may be more appropriate and effective in many cases The...
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Integrating Gender into the World Bank’s Work: A Strategy for Action potx
... available • Integrating a gender dimension into the criteria now used to assess the quality of PRSPs in the Joint Staff Assessment (JSA).37 This will assist countries in understanding where the gender ... assets and resources In many societies, women are disadvantaged in gaining access to productive assets and resources, including land, the labor of other family members, the family s liquid assets, ... Papers (PRSPs) in Joint Staff Assessments (JSAs); • the criteria used to assess the adequacy of the poverty reduction focus of the CAS and Sector Strategy Papers; and • the quality criteria used...
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The World Bank’s Genuine Savings Indicator: a Useful Measure of Sustainability? pptx
... the draft and taking the time for two meetings to discuss Genuine Savings and the Bank s CASE initiative Participants in the March 1999 Terschelling Island meeting on ‘Questioning the World Bank, ... Martinez-Alier goes further, calling the Bank s approach “genuine nonsense”.4 What are 'genuine savings'? Genuine savings is a simple indicator devised by Bank researchers to assess an economy 's sustainability ... criticisms Self-criticisms and responses The Bank s Environmental Indicators and Valuation team researchers recognise that there are shortcomings to their genuine savings approach as currently presented...
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Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Growth trends reveal the forest structure during Roman and Medieval times in Western Europe: a comparison between archaeological and actual oak ring series (Quercus robur and Quercus petraea)" pot
... under pine (Pinus sylvestris L and Pinus pinaster Aiton) was selected as well Within the 106 forest reserve Mattemburgh, in the municipality of Woensdrecht (The Netherlands) close to the Belgian ... years The widely spaced standards follow the same pattern, but the decrease in growth rate starts at least 10 years later Oak trees in a high forest system display an increasing growth rate in the ... nearest 0.01 mm using a LINTAB measuring stage and the TSAP-Win acquisition and processing software [23] The growth patterns of the collected stem disks were highly variable due to the irregular shape...
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Tài liệu THE WORLD BANK AND THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER ADJUSTING TO MULTIPOLARITY AT THE SECOND DECIMAL POINT doc
... rise of the G20 is in fact undermining the constituency-based systems of decision making in the Bank and the Fund in key areas, and may so increasingly in the future (if the G20 forum is further ... thank the Ministry for funding the study as well as for useful interaction in the course of the project The study is based on a combination of desk research and two interview missions to the World ... assurances to the contrary, low-income countries as a group lost voting power in the second phase of the voice reform process, thus eroding some of the gains they made in the first phase This...
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Tài liệu DEMOCRATIZING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND THE WORLD BANK: GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY pptx
... an unsophisticated—statistical analysis In contrast, an independent statistical agency has as its sole interest obtaining the most accurate statistics possible in the timeliest way possible The ... Given the emphasis on trade expansion in both the Clinton and Bush administrations, the Bank s official position is no surprise World Bank studies, including those coauthored by my predecessor as ... harmful The multiplicity of objectives—including the confusion of means with ends—thwarts the possibility of assessing success Not long after the East Asian crisis began, the IMF claimed success for...
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Tài liệu Impoverishing a Continent: The World Bank and the IMF in Africa pdf
... to service their debts The World Bank s SAPs, first instituted in1 980, enforced privatization of industries ( including necessities such as healthcare and water), cuts in government spending and ... about the mandates and structure of the organizations This is because the U .S. ’ voting share is 17.16% in the IMF and 16.41% in the World Bank and in both organizations changes to the Articles of ... the second prong of the massive assault that Washington mounted against the South” during the 198 0s The other prong was “low-intensity conflicts” (LIC), the U .S launched against governments in...
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Tài liệu Good Governance and Aid Effectiveness: The World Bank and Conditionality docx
... reform in developing countries It scrutinizes the shifts in policies and strategies of the Bank during the 199 0s as well as the research it generated to support them The wide array of issues under ... Institutions A second dimension of the post-Washington consensus relates to the necessity to strengthen governing institutions, defined as “formal and informal rules and their enforcement mechanisms that ... orthodoxy of the ‘Washington consensus’ that has dominated economic development thinking since the 198 0s The Washington consensus’ policy prescriptions include opening trade, fiscal restraint, prudent...
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THE WORLD BANK - PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE INSOLVENCY AND CREDITOR RIGHTS SYSTEMS pptx
... from assuming that these assets are owned or can be disposed of by the debtor But this is not the case when the interest is non-possessory, meaning the assets remain in the possession of the borrower ... for adapting credit facilities to the needs of customers and businesses 52 The law should permit both possessory and non-possessory security interests over tangible assets In the case of security ... decisions in the proceedings (such as matters involving dispositions of assets outside the normal course of business) The committee should serve as a conduit for processing and distributing relevant...
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at the boundaries of international trade and finance developing countries and the regulatory convergence between the international monetary fund and the world trade organization
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carroll - delusions of development; the world bank and the post-washington consensus in southeast asia (2010)
... understand the political contestation associated with SIN, assess which groups support and resist such a project and why, and illustrate the effectiveness or otherwise of SIN as a relegitimising project ... factor in contrasting responses to the project Indeed, this is particularly evident in the assistance and resistance that is channelled towards SIN reforms and policy discussions Crucially, SIN s ... misleading – sharpness of the Washington consensus (Fine, Lapavitsas and Pincus 2003: xvi) They continue: The difference from the previous consensus lies perhaps in the following two elements The...
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Buying up the world japan’s outbound ma spree and the bid for value
... of course The need to seize opportunities as soon as they arise explains why some Japanese firms buy first and consider the details later In certain industries and types of business, there are ... overseas investment Many trading house deals still involve taking stakes in overseas operations—such as the ¥420bn (US$5.4bn) Mitsubishi is sinking into Anglo American s Chilean copper mining project rather ... privatizing around the world and this is the chance to buy.” In addition, with resources or other upstream, business-to-business assets, integration may be less a factor than for B-to-C industries Handling...
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Responsibility of International Organizations and the World Bank Inspection Panel Parallel Tracks Unlikely to Converge?
... for appeals making a public interest case, and its decisions in these cases are final The appeals board hears only appeals alleging a violation of the policy It serves as the second stage of appeal ... Organizations and the Inspection Panel 157 of these policies and the procedure of bringing to the panel and processing a request for inspection In that respect, both the draft articles and the panel s ... wording of the resolution, the panel examines actions and omissions of Bank staff because the Bank s policies, the observance of which the panel reviews, are addressed to Bank staff.76 This reality...
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WORLD BANK EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC ECONOMIC UPDATE OCTOBER 2015 Staying the Course
... consistent with drops in commodity input prices, the disinflationary trend was widespread across sectors, and may therefore also indicate downward demand pressures in some economies and sectors ... slowed in Indonesia and the Philippines, was broadly stable in Malaysia and Thailand, and rose sharply in China in July, consistent with its monetary stimulus (Figure I.A.25) In real terms, the ... 2015 as of August In contrast, reserves fell only slightly in Thailand, and were stable in the Philippines The general decline in gross reserves in developing Asia s large economies was attributable...
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Tài liệu Women of the World Women''''s Health in India doc
... household goods, cash) In many instances, the demand for these gifts does not end with the marriage but continues, as the husband s family persists in making U .S Census Bureau, the Official Statistics™ ... certain highrisk behaviors (i.e., sex workers, intravenous drug users, and sexually transmitted disease patients) However, infection also is increasing in the general population For example, HIV seroprevalence ... Statistics™ Prasad, Shally, 1996, “Instituting Measures to Address Violence Against Women in India,” paper presented at the Association of Women in Development International Conference, Washington,...
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Tài liệu The Centrality of Money, Credit, and Financial Intermediation in Marx’s Crisis Theory: An Interpretation of Marx’s Methodology pptx
... analysis, but the language he uses there makes it harder to misunderstand the theoretical status of the abstract forms of crisis in SCP and their centrality in his theory of capitalist crisis We ... that the crisis in its first form is the metamorphosis of the commodity itself, the falling asunder of purchase and sale The crisis in its second form is the function of money as a means of payment, ... upon the material of Chapter 17 of Theories of Surplus Value, Kenway discusses the importance in Marx 's crisis theory of the distinction between the analysis of the 'possibility' of crisis in SCP...
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Tài liệu PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY – DIRECTIONS FOR THE WORLD BANK GROUP docx
... companies, provision of technical assistance such as business advisory services, matching grants facilities, project financing facilities for infrastructure projects and guarantees Finally, social ... and emphasis is shifting to providing institutional support to strengthen financial institutions In the area of SME support, there is a shift from direct investment support to SMEs to “wholesaling” ... evaluations of direct financing of SMEs suggest that such financing is costly and ineffective in meeting the needs of the clients.68 IFC has thus recently changed its strategy for supporting SMEs There...
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Tài liệu Children''''s Health and the Environment Children''''s Health and the Environment doc
... deodorizers and cleaning products Paints, glues, resins, waxes and polishing materials Spray propellants, dry cleaning fluids Pens and markers Binders and plasticizers Cosmetics: hairspray, perfumes ... pesticides (as residues or as contaminants) and mycotoxins, and other natural toxins in doses high enough to produce toxic effects (some shellfish and fish toxins) Mercury and PCBs can contaminate fish ... PESTICIDES Spraying of pesticides at home and in schools increases exposure to children due to: Higher concentrations near the floor Persistence in some surfaces, such as carpets and soft toys...
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Tài liệu The World Bank in Russia Russian Economic Report: Moderating Risks, Bolstering Growth ppt
... in the skill intensive business services sectors Rich households should gain less than the average household, since increased competition from foreign direct investment results in capital gaining ... in Russia is, on average, less business-friendly than other countries (Figure 37) Russia does better in some areas than in others In areas such as enforcing contracts, registering property, and ... insurance industry, there was a large expansion Salaries of skilled workers in the Chinese insurance sector, such as statisticians and actuaries, increased substantially after WTO accession Even domestic...
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