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Mishra has held various positions at the World Bank, including co-director of the World Development Report 2016 (Digital Dividends), Country Economist for Ethiopia, Pakistan, Sudan and Vietnam, the ICRIER statement added.
As the shape of our world is increasingly being defined by the Covid-19 pandemic, digitalisation poses an opportunity, having the ability to help our fight against the disease.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/493458.html (Natural News) Some of the world’s most recognizable landmarks were lit up Saturday, Jan. 31, to mark the World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day. This effort was aimed at reminding the world of the “other” debilitating diseases that affect 1.7 billion of the poorest people on the planet. These include leprosy, Chagas disease, intestinal worms, dengue and chikungunya, Guinea worm disease, scabies, trachoma and schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis or elephantiasis, yaws, river blindness, sleeping sickness, etc. Among the landmarks particip...
Coffee Development Report 2020. The International Coffee Organization has just released the Coffee Development Report 2020, a sprawling, research- and data-filled document focusing on coffee through the lens of global value chains. “The Value of Coffee: Sustainability, Inclusiveness and Resilience of the Coffee Global Value Chain” is the second version of the organization’s flagship annual report, which was groundbreaking in scope in its first edition last year. Building on that report along with three other ICO sector analyses throughout 2020 — one on how a global recession might aff...
In pursuit of a better business environment: A new project on reform committees ©Olivier Le Moal/Shutterstock There is a large body of research that documents that sound business regulatory reforms can help to create a conducive business environment and spur private sector development, which matters for job creation and economic growth. The Improving the business environment, however, is not easy. Governments face a diverse set of challenges, including how to better organize internally to design and implement reforms, but also achieve their intended goals (i.e. increased competitiveness, mo...