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Fiji: After the rain stops, flood damage will continue to affect islanders
The flooding has resulted in mass cancellation of tourist travel plans, which will flow through to job losses, business failures and ultimately affect families already suffering from the direct impact...
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Doing Business 2010: Indonesia, China and the Philippines among countries...
Earlier today, the World Bank released its annual Doing Business report, which tracks business regulation reforms and ranks emerging economies on the “ease of doing business.”
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Gender in the Pacific: Can a report help improve equality?
As a junior member of the team who produced the forthcoming East Asia and Pacific companion to the World Development Report 2012 “Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific”, I was excited to...
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What will it take to inspire women’s leadership in the Pacific Islands?
On gender equality – it is no secret that the Pacific Islands is lagging. The region is home to some of the world’s highest domestic violence rates. Economic empowerment of women in many countries,...
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East Asia and Pacific countries can do better in labor regulation and social...
Those unfamiliar with the fast growing emerging economies of East Asia are likely to think that governments in these countries let market forces and capitalism roam free, red in tooth and claw. That...
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Pacific connected: A regional approach to development challenges facing...
Dots on the world map – they are coral atolls and volcanic islands spread across a vast swath of the Pacific Ocean with names as exotic as their turquoise water, white sand and tropical foliage....
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Now is the time to strengthen disaster risk reduction in East Asia and the...
In PDF: Korean | Khmer Every time I learn of another natural disaster – the people killed and injured, homes destroyed, livelihoods lost – I know we must act to reduce the tragic impact instead of...
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加强东亚太平洋地区减少灾害风险的时候到了
每当我听说又发生了自然灾害——人员伤亡，家园被毁，生计丧失——我就知道我们必须要减少这些悲惨后果，而不是坐等灾害再次来袭。今年在日本仙台举办的世界减少灾害风险大会将给我们这个机会。此次大会寻求落实《兵库行动框架》后续框架，为政策制定者和国际利益攸关方管理灾害风险提供指导。此次大会是为减少灾害风险和战胜贫困设立新的里程碑的一个契机。自然灾害的代价已经十分高昂——在过去30年里人员和财产损失高达4万亿美...
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Sekaranglah waktunya memperkuat pengendalian risiko bencana di Asia Timur dan...
In PDF: Korean | Khmer Setiap kali saya diberitahu terjadinya kembali sebuah bencana alam – tentang korban jiwa masyarakat, rumah-rumah yang hancur, matapencaharian yang hilang – saya teringat...
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ถึงเวลาที่ต้องสร้างความแข็งแกร่งให้กับการลดความเสี่ยงจากภัยพิบัติในเอเชียตะวั...
ใน PDF: Korean | Khmerทุกครั้งที่ผมทราบข่าวว่ามีภัยพิบัติทางธรรมชาติเกิดขึ้น ผู้คนบาดเจ็บเสียชีวิต บ้านเรือนพังเสียหาย ชีวิตความเป็นอยู่ของผู้คนที่ประสบภัยต้องเปลี่ยนแปลงไป...
View ArticleOn World Toilet Day, it’s time Pacific leaders start talking toilets
On World Toilet Day, it’s time Pacific leaders start talking toilets
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How do we achieve sustained growth? Through human capital, and East Asia and...
Students at Beijing Bayi High School in China. Photo: World Bank In 1950, the average working-age person in the world had almost three years of education, but in East Asia and Pacific (EAP), the...
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Working together to understand climate change risks in Fiji
People read about climate change every day and we are all familiar with it as a concept. While we understand that steps need to be taken to address the risks; its impact often feels harder to...
View ArticleMaking a VR film in Fiji: Q&A with the team behind 'Our Home, Our People'
In November 2017 at the COP23 climate change conference in Bonn, Germany, the World Bank – in partnership with the Fijian Government – launched its biggest foray yet into the world of 360-degree...
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To unlock student potential in East Asia Pacific, be demanding and supportive...
Among the 29 countries and economies of the East Asia and Pacific region, one finds some of the world’s most successful education systems. Seven out of the top 10 highest average scorers on...
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Untuk menggali potensi siswa, tuntut dan dukunglah guru
Di antara 29 negara dan ekonomi kawasan Asia Timur dan Pasifik, kita bisa menemukan beberapa sistem pendidikan paling sukses di dunia. Tujuh dari sepuluh pencetak rata-rata nilai tertinggi pada tes...
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Five lessons in infrastructure pricing from East Asia and Pacific
Photo: © Dini Sari Djalal/World Bank In the infrastructure domain, “price” is a prism with many façades. An infrastructure economist sees price in graphic terms: the coordinates of a point where...
View ArticleCompleting the storytelling ‘circle’: a VR project goes home
Development organizations & NGOs need powerful stories to help people connect with their work. Yet how do communities feel after their stories have been shared? After leading the production of a...
View ArticleAdapting Fiji’s development strategy to climate change
Adapting Fiji's development strategy to the impacts of climate change
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A Catalyst for Green Financing in Indonesia
It is an unfortunate but fact of life that Indonesia often deals with the impacts of natural disasters. It was sadly evident again this week when I arrived in Jakarta to the unfolding disaster caused...
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