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COVID-19 and lessons from multi-hazard early warning systems [PDF]
Advances in Science and Research, 2020 Having a common framework for early action to cope with complex disasters can make it easier for authorities and other stakeholders, including populations at risk, to understand the full spectrum of secondary and tertiary effects and thus where to focus ...
D. P. Rogers +10 more
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The Scars of Civil War: The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict
Economía, 2023 This paper estimates the long-term effects on human capital accumulation and subsequent labor market outcomes of in utero and early childhood exposure to the civil war in El Salvador (1980–92), the second longest and deadliest civil conflict in Central ...
Pablo Acosta +3 more
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World Bank Group/World Bank Corporate Scorecards, April 2016
, 2016 This pamphlet presents the World Bank Group and World Bank Corporate Scorecards updated with latest data available for Tier 3 (Performance Tier) as of December 31, 2015. Tiers 1 and 2 present data from end of fiscal year 2015.
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Trade in Developing East Asia: How It Has Changed and Why It Matters
East Asian Economic Review, 2018 East Asia, for long the epitome of successful engagement in trade, faces serious challenges: technological change that may threaten the very model of labor intensive industrialization and a backlash against globalization that may reduce access to ...
Cristina Constantinescu +2 more
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Trends in Corruption and Regulatory Burden in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
, 2011 This study assesses levels and trends in corruption and the administrative burden from government regulation of private firms. It is largely based on the fourth round of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
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Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, 2015 The 2001–02 Argentine crisis had a profound impact on Uruguay’s economy. Uruguay’s gross domestic product shrank by 17.5 percent, and the proportion of people living below the poverty line doubled in only two years.
Oscar Barriga Cabanillas +4 more
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, 2012 The 2012 annual report of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) contains messages from both outgoing President Robert B. Zoellick and incoming President Dr. Jim Yong Kim.
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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Socioeconomic disparities in mobility behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries
EPJ Data ScienceMobile phone data have played a key role in quantifying human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing studies on mobility patterns have primarily focused on regional aggregates in high-income countries, obfuscating the accentuated impact of the ...
Lorenzo Lucchini +8 more
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The World Bank Group A to Z 2016 [PDF]
, 2016 Note: Information in this title reflected the institution at the time of publication and may be subject to change... The World Bank Group A to Z provides concise and essential information about the mission, policies, procedures, products, and services of
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