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  1. Localizing Development: Does Participation Work?

    It suggests that a distinction between organic participation (endogenous efforts by civic activists to bring about change) and induced participation (large-scale efforts to engineer participation at the local …

  2. Afghanistan Development Update December 2024 - World Bank Group

    Dec 4, 2024 · The Afghan economy is showing signs of moderate growth, but still faces significant headwinds, including fiscal constraints, trade imbalances, and a limited capacity for public …

  3. Unlocking Nepal’s Growth Potential: Nepal Country Economic …

    Unlocking Nepal’s Growth Potential: Nepal Country Economic Memorandum report examines Nepal’s past economic growth performance since 1996, current challenges, and policy recommendations to …

  4. South Africa Economic Update, Edition 15 - World Bank Group

    The fifteenth edition of the South Africa Economic Update, Learning: Overdue Reforms and Emerging Priorities in Basic Education, discusses South Africa’s economic prospects and focuses on basic …

  5. Trade and Global Value Chains in Times of Insecurity

    Apr 28, 2023 · The World Bank and the Asia School of Business are organizing a workshop to explore recent developments in international trade and cross-border economic activity.

  6. Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines - World Bank Group

    The World Bank’s IP Engagement Strategy’s main objective was to enhance the visibility of IPs in the Philippines and increase awareness of the need to address their development challenges and close …

  7. Technology Adoption by Firms in Developing Countries

    Technology is at the heart of economic growth. From historical accounts of how technological change since the Industrial Revolution has shaped economic development, to endogenous growth models, …

  8. Firm-to-firm Trade in Sticky Production Networks - World Bank Group

    Sep 15, 2016 · First, endogenous adjustment of firm-to-firm relationships dynamically amplifies the effects of changes in variable trade costs on trade volumes and welfare by more than three times.

  9. Green Technologies: Decarbonizing Development in East Asia and Pacific

    The East Asia and Pacific region is helping the world decarbonize and is encouraging the domestic adoption of renewables. But there is an imbalance: while the region’s innovation and investment …

  10. Competitiveness: Development news, research, data | World Bank

    Competitiveness Rapid private sector-led growth is essential for ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. The World Bank works with governments around the globe to …