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Gender Budgeting as a Tool for Poverty Reduction: Concepts, Practices and Capacity Implications

book highlights the centrality of gender budgeting as a tool for improved transparency and accountability in the fight against inequity and poverty. Using…...
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Are Interest Payments on Debt Derailing Fiscal Consolidation?

s policy brief provides a review of the performance of the first quarter of the 2018 National Budget. The paper provides context by looking at both the…...
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What a Waste 3.0: Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management Toward Circularity until 2050

t a Waste 3.0 is the third edition of the World Bank Group’s What a Waste series, following the 2012 and 2018 publications. It updates and expands these…...
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Enhancing public budgeting transparency in Botswana: Why and how

s policy brief discusses the need to make Botswanasbudget process more transparent. Transparent or open budgets both facilitate and support timely, relevant…...
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A Guiding Framework for Nutrition Public Expenditure Reviews

rition investments affect human capital formation, which in turn affects economic growth. Malnutrition is intrinsically connected to human…...
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Africa Capacity No. 13

ics covered in this bulletin include: Transforming the lives of underprivileged women in Nairobi; Tobacco Control: Benins example to follow; The Gambia:…...
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Publication: Global Economic Prospects, January 2024

bal growth is expected to slow further this year, reflecting the lagged and ongoing effects of tight monetary policy to rein in inflation, restrictive credit…...
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Trade Therapy : Deepening Trade Cooperation to Improve Global Health Security

COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the upsides and downsides of international trade in medical goods and services. Open trade can increase access to medical…...
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The Probable Impact on Zimbabwe Mining Fiscal Revenue and Industry Competitiveness of Various Price, Production & Fiscal Scenarios:Incorporating a Quantitative Case Study of the Gold Sector

uably, Zimbabwe has a diverse and rich mineral resource base, which has not even been significantly explored. The mining sector has emerged to become the key…...
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The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Improving Education Outcomes

majority of the worlds children live in countries where local governments are responsible for the provision of basic education services. Although subnational…...