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Methodology for a World Bank Human Capital Index
, 2018 This paper describes the methodology for a new World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI). The HCI combines indicators of health and education into a measure of the human capital that a child born today can expect to obtain by her 18th birthday, given the ...
Aart C. Kraay
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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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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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Environment Matters at the World Bank : Annual Review 2005
, 2005 In line with one of the major themes in the Bank's Environment Strategy, this 2005 annual review is devoted to the theme of environmental health. Viewpoint articles in this edition reflect several external
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Environment Matters at the World Bank, 2009 Annual Review : Banking on Biodiversity
, 2010 This issue of environment matters celebrates the 2010 international year of biodiversity and describes some of the challenges and opportunities in protecting biodiversity for the benefit of humankind. From
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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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World Bank Group Evaluation Principles
, 2019 The World Bank Group is committed to its twin goals: to eradicate extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The World Bank Group’s Forward Look – A Vision for the World Bank Group in
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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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