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Building a Better Data Revolution
New technologies like mobile phones and tablets are helping revolutionize data collection, but ensuring data quality remains critical. Survey Solutions—a suite of survey management tools—is helping developing countries take advantage of new technologies and deliver high-quality data. A four-day Survey
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India in a Strong Position to Tap Global Growth
Unlike most developing countries, India’s recent growth has been well below potential, which provides space for economic activity to accelerate without building inflationary pressures. Global Economic Prospects 2014, presented in New Delhi today, says growth in India is projected at 5.5% in
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Measuring Wealth to Track Sustainability
The new edition of the World Bank’s Little Green Data Book, released on World Environment Day 2014, includes a new indicator called change in wealth per capita for more than 200 countries. The World Bank Group has adopted change in
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Central Asian Countries Pledge Action on Climate Change
Central Asia faces climate change related issues such as warmer temperatures, glacier melt, increased variability in water resources, and frequent and costly weather-related hazards. Central Asia climate change forum aims for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to work
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African Leaders, Business Community Push for Financing of Priority Regional Infrastructure Projects
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, poor infrastructure is a major bottleneck for sustainable development Signaling a new push and renewed commitment, the Dakar Financing Summit is focusing on regional infrastructure with a view to boosting investment and catalyzing greater cooperation By tackling
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Myanmar’s Opportunity to Double Rice Export and Reduce Poverty
New Report Advises Myanmar to Rethink its Rice Export Strategy to Expand Rice Production and Help Farmers Improve their Livelihoods. Myanmar has the potential to more than double its rice exports by diversifying and increasing rice production, opening its rice
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Shift to Solar Power Raises Incomes for Salt-mining Families in India
Example of sustainable energy future moves delegates at UN Forum. Sustainable Energy for All leaders outline financing plan to achieve goals by 2030. “We are on our way to realize ambitious energy agenda,” says World Bank President Jim Yong Kim
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World Bank Group: A Promising New Resource for Development – The Potential of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Mobilizing finance for long-term, large-scale direct investment in development is a daunting global challenge. However, a growing and potentially vast source of capital seems poised to transform the process of financing development, reducing poverty and building shared prosperity in some
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Achieving Growth and Development in Tajikistan
A new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Tajikistan outlines a World Bank Group program of support for the country over the period 2015-2018. The joint World Bank-IFC strategy sets out priority goals in the framework of cooperation between the World
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Marketable Skills Set Young Women on Path to Prosperity in Nepal
Vocational training programs for young women, 16-24, in Nepal are giving them gainful employment, economic independence and bringing trust in their ability to create their own paths in life. Through the programs, women have found jobs in lucrative, non-traditional fields
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