An epidemiological transition is well underway in India, in common with countries throughout much of the developing world. The transition refers to a change in the prevailing causes of illness (morbidity)...
The distributional effects of urban transport policies are a broadly understudied topic, particularly when in comes to developing countries. This study seeks to fill in this gap in the existing literature...
Type: BriefReport#: 127208Date: June 1, 2018Author:
González, Valderrama ;
Pfutze, Tobias ;
Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
For green Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs), access to finance is one of the key constraints in scaling innovative business models. Investors, even those with the intention and mandate to support smaller...
In Ghana, blended finance helped improve affordability for rural Ghanaian household investments in off-grid renewable energy technologies. Local banks extended credit blended with concessional finance...
Type: BriefReport#: 139625Date: June 1, 2018Author:
GPRBA
Promoting the smooth labor market integration and early labor market success of workers has increasingly become an important economic and social development aim globally. The Nepal government sees addressing...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for January 31, 2018 contains economic highlights including: (i) The government raised IDR 17.55 trillion from the issuance of Rupiah-denominated bonds on...
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for May 30, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: Bank Indonesia (BI) Board of Governors has decided to raise its 7-Day Reverse Repo Rate by 25 basis...
The loss of habitats and ecosystem services has a significant economic, social and cultural impact in the West African coastal region. Climate change in West Africa is exacerbated by unsustainable human...
Local businesses have an important role to play in preventing and managing natural and human induced hazards to safeguard the West African coasts from climate change effects. Countries in West Africa are...
The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa has a large bounty that has provided employment for fishermen and women, food for families, astonishing sunsets that have attracted tourists and ports that...
The Atlantic Ocean (off the coast of West African) provides a multitude of economic benefits for the local coastal communities, however overexploitation of these benefits and the disregard for the environment...
Coastal environmental degradation as a result of erosion and flooding poses a significant threat to the West African coastal environment, its people and its assets; the threat will increase in coming years...
The West African coastal region is rich in natural land resources. However, increased pressure on these resources from the rapidly growing coastal population has degraded these reserves. The effects are...
With an increasing population growth in the West African region, coupled with human-induced and natural hazards exacerbated by climate change, the balance of economic, social and cultural elements that...
Environmental conditions of the coastal regions in West Africa continue to deteriorate steadily, in part due to rapid population growth and coastal migration and the unsustainable use of natural resources....
The Jakarta Composite Index rose 0.1 percent over the week, while major markets in the region recorded a decline. The Rupiah appreciated against the US Dollar, Euro and Japanese Yen by 1.5 percent, 1.9...
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for May 28, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: Bank Indonesia (BI) Board of Governors will hold an additional meeting on 30 May 2018 (in addition...
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for May 25, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: The government will launch the Online Single Submission (OSS) system for investment approvals in...
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for May 24, 2018 contains economic highlights including: The government has issued Regulation No. 14/2018 on foreign ownership of insurance companies, setting...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for May 23, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: The Ministry of Finance has revised the Regulation No. 46/2013, reducing the income tax for Small...
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