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Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2021-05-20
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9264852395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis edition of the OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook reviews developments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic for government borrowing needs, funding conditions and funding strategies in the OECD area.
Author: Commonwealth Foundation
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780903850452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese nine case studies of experiences in the provision of water and electricity services from across the Commonwealth present lessons arising from different ways of providing basic infrastructure services. These include privatization, public sector-community partnership and NGO-led service provision. An overview chapter sets these experiences in the broader context of current debates and issues in essential service provision. It highlights some of the issues that emerge from the case studies in the areas of utility reform, including pricing and subsidies, the importance of community awareness and decentralization, and examines some of the challenges to private provision. The case studies were commissioned by the Commonwealth Foundation to expand the debate on essential service delivery and inform policy and practice with examples from experience. Prepared by researchers and civil society activists from Bangladesh, Canada, Ghana, Guyana, India, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda, a common thread of the case studies is concern about putting people's needs at the centre of decision-making about essential service delivery and factoring in the differential effects of policies on various groups in society.
Author: Pedro Belli
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780821348505
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis books presents general principles and methodologies of quantitative risk analysis; provides theory and practice of how to evaluate health, transport and education projects and describes how to assess the environmental impact of projects. It looks at how the tools of cost benefit analysis can be applied from the point of view of the private sector, public sector, bankers, and the country as a whole. It encourages analysts to answer a number of key questions that are likely to increase success rather than simply describing techniques. This book as aimed at all concerned with resource allocation and is presented in an accessible fashion. It is required reading at World bank Institute courses.
Author: National Intelligence Council
Publisher: Cosimo Reports
Published: 2021-03
Total Pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781646794973
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 372
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Publisher: IUCN
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Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 2831710154
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: El Bachir Boukherouaa
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2021-10-22
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1589063953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper discusses the impact of the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the financial sector. It highlights the benefits these technologies bring in terms of financial deepening and efficiency, while raising concerns about its potential in widening the digital divide between advanced and developing economies. The paper advances the discussion on the impact of this technology by distilling and categorizing the unique risks that it could pose to the integrity and stability of the financial system, policy challenges, and potential regulatory approaches. The evolving nature of this technology and its application in finance means that the full extent of its strengths and weaknesses is yet to be fully understood. Given the risk of unexpected pitfalls, countries will need to strengthen prudential oversight.
Author: University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica)
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2015-09-24
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9264233385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe health systems we enjoy today, and expected medical advances in the future, will be difficult to finance from public resources without major reforms. Public health spending in OECD countries has grown rapidly over most of the last half century. These spending increases have contributed to ...
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2019-11-21
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 1464814414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeventeen in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2020 measures aspects of regulation affecting 10 areas of everyday business activity.
