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Reaffirming our commitment to carbon pricing and climate action
Second Annual Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition High-Level Assembly. Photo: World Bank When the world united around the historic Paris climate agreement, in 2015, the message was clear: It’s unfair...
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Canada and the World Bank: Empowering women and girls is the best way to...
A woman tends to plants in a nursery in Sri Lanka. © Lakshman Nadaraja/World Bank [[tweetable]]We face global challenges on an unprecedented scale[[/tweetable]]: climate change, natural disasters,...
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Building on success: PPPs in a new era of Canadian infrastructure
Photo: Hubert Figuière | Flickr Creative Commons Canada has quietly become a leading player in the global PPP space. The unique Canadian version of the procurement model has evolved from an innovative...
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The Canadian forest fire danger rating system
On November 1-3, India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the World Bank organized a workshop in Delhi to discuss forest fire prevention and management. The workshop...
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The principal makes the difference
Principals have to deal with hundreds of students and their personal and academic challenges. (Photo: Mohammad Al-Arief / World Bank) All schools are different. I’m not referring to the building, the...
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Delivering secure retirement - lessons from Canada
How does my pension fund invest my money? More and more people around the world are asking this question. As the global population ages, it has becoming increasingly important to ensure that pension...
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To build human capital, we need more and better-targeted investments in...
© Dominic Chavez/Global Financing Facility [[tweetable]]When countries invest in people—particularly young people—they're investing in the future and giving the next generation an opportunity to...
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Breaking down the barriers to mobilizing sustainable investment
Closing Plenary of the Investor Forum. © World Bank“Private capital is often an important source of sustainable finance. Public finance alone may not be sufficient to meet the demands for sustainable...
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Confronting tobacco illicit trade: a global review of country experiences
Illicit trade in tobacco products undermines global tobacco prevention and control interventions, particularly with respect to tobacco tax policy. From a public health perspective, illicit trade...
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Why finance ministers may hold the keys to climate action
People watch the rescue process in the flooded area on August 17,2018 in Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India. Kerala was badly affected by the floods during the monsoon season. Source: AJP, Shutterstock....
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