Small and Medium Enterprises in the Pandemic - World Bank

Policy Research Working Paper 9414 This study highlights how COVID-19 has affected small and medium enterprises, drawing on newly released World Bank Enterprise Surveys in 13 countries. The study shows that firms of all sizes are severely affected in multiple dimen - sions; however, firm size matters for the intensity of the

  Policy, Medium, Enterprise, Small, Small and medium enterprises

Understanding the Cost of Achieving the Sustainable ...

Sustainable Development, an initiative adopted in 2015 by all UN member The statesSDGs . encompass 17 goals, each with multiple underlying targets and associated data indicatorsto be , achieved by 2030. The SDGs replaced the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the set of eight goals that shaped the international development agenda during 2000-15.

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Doing Business 2020

David R. Malpass President The World Bank Group. ix Acknowledgments Data collection and analysis for Doing Business 2020 were conducted by a team led by Santiago Croci (Program Manager, Doing Business) under the general direction …

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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - World Bank

Apr 02, 2020 · CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective March 23, 2020) Currency Unit = US$ SDR1 = US$1.346 US$1 = SDR 0.743

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Procurement of Works - World Bank

Conseils (FIDIC), and the “Particular Conditions” to be used by Borrowers when applying these “General Conditions.” The Environmental and Social aspects have been updated. GBV/SEA has been replaced with SEA where appropriate. October 2017 This revision dated October, 2017 incorporates enhancements to the environmental, social,

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CAMBODIA ECONOMIC UPDATE - World Bank

Domestic credit and deposit growth stabilized as confidence improved 29 ... sector, think tanks, civil society organizations, and academia For information about the World Bank and its ... permission to allow the banking and microfinance sectors to continue to restructure loans until ...

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WHAT A WASTE: A GLOBAL REVIEW OF SOLID WASTE …

WHAT A WASTE A Global Review of Solid Waste Management ... N. IPCC Classification of MSW Composition 93 O. The Global City Indicators Program 94 References 95. WHAT A WASTE: A GLOBAL REVIEW OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT v ... The report you have before you is an important

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The Washington Consensus

THE WASHINGTON CONSENSUS: ASSESSING A DAMAGED BRAND Nancy Birdsall Center for Global Development Augusto de la Torre World Bank Felipe Valencia Caicedo World Bank Keywords: Stabilization, reform, financial markets, macroeconomic policy, government, history of economic thought, institutions, Latin America, Caribbean.

GREEN HYDROGEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

venting line (left), Kirkwall Harbour PEM fuel cell gas leakage monitoring sensor (center), and Shapinsey School pressurized hydrogen canisters stored in blast wall–covered area, outdoors with an infrared camera ..... 88 7.3: Warning system configuration for PEM electrolyzer at Shapinsey: PEM electrolysis unit infrared camera and

STANDARD PROCUREMENT DOCUMENT

This Section includes two forms. The first form is used to notify Consultants of the Client’s intention to award the contract to the successful Consultant. The second form is used to obtain additional beneficial ownership information from successful Consultant for contracts identified in the Procurement Plan.

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ISSUES IN BUS RAPID TRANSIT

Reducing Delay: The Key to Bus Rapid Transit Bus operations on a typical urban or suburban arterial are subject to several types of delay that reduce bus operating speed to generally only 60 percent of that of other vehicles. Figure 1 is from Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 26, Operational Analysis of Bus Lanes on Arterials. This

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HYBRID BUSES COSTS AND BENEFITS - Environmental and …

3 The Transit Cooperative Research Program “Hybrid-Electric Drive Heavy-Duty Vehicle Testing Project Final Emissions Report”, Report Number 59, 2000 4 New York City Transit Presentation, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), October 2004.

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Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM)

Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) Version 13 May 2020 ... Research and Innovation Agendas/ Roadmaps, and as part of the overall policy (notably in ... guarantee the same transit time even at lower speeds (i.e. saving energy).5 Additionally, ...

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NCHRP Report 659 – Guide for the Geometric Design of …

Cooperative Research Programs (CRP) grants permission to reproduce material in this publication for classroom and not-for-profit purposes. Permission is given with the understanding that none of the material will be used to imply TRB, AASHTO, FAA, FHWA, FMCSA, FTA, or Transit Development Corporation endorsement of a particular product,

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NCHRP Report 350 - Transportation Research Board

Cooperative Highway Research Program can make significant contributions to the solution of highway transportation problems of mutual concern to many responsible groups. The program, however, is intended to complement rather than to substitute for or duplicate other highway research programs. Note: The Transportation Research Board, the National ...

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DESIGN OF PILE FOUNDATIONS - Transportation Research …

program of cooperative research. In recognition of these needs, the highway administrators of the American Association of State Highway and Trans-portation Officials initiated in 1962 an objective national highway research program employing modern scientific techniques. This program is supported on a continuing

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BALTIMORE

Dec 06, 2018 · Administration (FHWA), and the National Cooperative . Highway Research Program (NCHRP). The project prioritization processes and project delivery . process in Chapter 4 summarize the types of work done . by the Baltimore City Department of Transportation and . provide goals and required/recommended actions for

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319), Section ...

commissions; to support and supplement research, education, and extension, as well as scholarships and programs that provide internships and pathways to Federal employment, at 1890 institutions, 1994 institutions, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic-serving institutions, and insular area institutions of higher education. SEC. 1007.

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Multi-agent reinforcement learning: An overview - TU Delft

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: An Overview Lucian Bus¸oniu1, Robert Babuskaˇ 2, and Bart De Schutter3 Abstract Multi-agent systems can be used to address problems in a variety of do- mains, including robotics, distributed control, telecommunications, and economics.