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Three private initiatives demonstrate that a developing country such as Cambodia can seize the opportunities that technology has opened in high-value-added services niches. With time, these...
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Despite joining the ASEAN club relatively late in 1999, and then the World Trade Organization in 2004, Cambodia has made great strides since then in promoting trade with its neighbours and raising...
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Cambodia has made great strides in promoting trade with its neighbors and raising its annual GDP growth rate to an impressive 7.3 percent in 2012; and this despite joining the ASEAN club relatively...
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The World Bank and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) jointly prepared a new global data set of bilateral trade costs based on trade and production...
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Drawing on the findings of recent research, this note examines the characteristics of firms that rely on imported intermediates, and the role of these foreign intermediates on product quality...
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Land is one of the most valuable assets for rural people. First, it is a productive asset, and second, land is often the only available collateral for credit in rural areas. Despite strong recent...
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This note summarizes the findings of Blancas et al. (2013), a World Bank report on Vietnam’s logistics sector performance, challenges, and opportunities.
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This note reviews the operations and experience of Tokyo’s emissions trading system since its launch in 2010 and follows on from an earlier issue of Directions in Urban Development that described the...
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Cambodia is currently exporting only 16 percent of its valuable rice surplus. What can Cambodia do to consolidate and accelerate the upward trend in its rice exports?
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One of the most important lessons in economics is that productivity is key to economic growth. Productivity is defined in economic theory as the ratio of output over input. Productivity is mainly...
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"Constraints in the e-commerce environment, such as limited Internet connectivity, high costs of payments, an incomplete regulatory infrastructure, and high trade facilitation and logistics costs,...
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"Emerging evidence and experience to inform risk management in a warming world."
In the last three decades, the Earth has experienced record hot temperatures, with 2017 being the third...
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"Trade and trade policy can affect women according to three key economic roles they play: workers, consumers, and decision makers."
Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs...
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"How to build a high-quality and value-based service delivery in China?"
This report recommends that China maintain the goal and direction of its healthcare reform, and continue the shift from its...
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