The project provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. Doing Business The project, launched in 2002, looks at domestic small and medium-size companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life cycle. Doing Business capture ...
Angola’s growth was negatively affected by the decline in international oil prices and consequent foreign currency shortages, which hampered economic activity and job creation opportunities, triggering an economic downturn, with growth of just 0.1% in 2016. Growth has since returned to a positive trend and averaged 1.1% in 2017 owing to better performanc ...
The basic underlying technology behind the Dash cryptocurrency is the blockchain. Blockchain is a dissipated and non-centralized log book of the transactions which are taking place inside the ecosystem of the Dash coin cryptocurrency. Security of the blockchain is maintained by a mechanism of consensus which is known as proof of the work. In short it is ...
The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the critical social-economic development transformations in Durrës as one of the most economically important cities of Albania. Since the fall of communism, Durrës is overcoming a critical economic situation, which has had an adverse impact on its social indicators. Actually, after two decades, the process ...
Many investors hold gold and silver to hedge against various economic crises. But does this hedge hold up during stock market crashes? Knowing what effect a market plunge and subsequent dollar collapse will have on silver and gold is vital to making investment decisions now and then deciding what course to take should a major recession or depression occu ...
Under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. In the context of the 2018 Article IV consultation with the Republic of Belarus, the following documents have been released and are included in this package: • A Press Release summarizing the views of the Executive Board as expressed ...
This report summarises the AML/CFT measures in place in the Kingdom of Bahrain as at the date of the on-site visit (7-22 November 2017). It analyses the level of compliance with the FATF 40 Recommendations and the level of effectiveness of Bahrain’s AML/CFT system, and provides recommendations on how the system could be strengthened.
Building on a broader program of study by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on the intersection of political, economic, and conflict dynamics in Afghanistan, this report examines the political economy of Herat Province and its capital city. It both identifies trends over the past decade that have affected many major Afghan cities and examines H ...
The already large regional economic disparities in Italy have slightly increased over the last sixteen years. In the province of Bolzano-Bozen the level of GDP per capita was two and a half times higher than in Calabria in 2016. With a productivity growth of 0.2% per year over the period 2000-16, Bolzano-Bozen experienced the highest productivity growth ...
Unlike cities whose expansion has been around the ancient or medieval core, the development of Villeurbanne is entirely linked to industrialization. A map of 1843 shows the three hamlets, Cusset, Charpennes and new houses, arranged along the old roads which go from Lyon to the East, separated by large agricultural fields. In 1852, Villeurbanne is attache ...
The APP Rennes’ district includes the following regions: Brittany, Lower Normandy, and Pays de la Loire. A. Brittany The region of Brittany is composed of four counties: Ille-et-Vilaine, Côtes d’Armor, Finistère and Morbihan. Demographics Brittany is the seventh most populous region of France with 2.9 million inhabitants. Rennes, the capital of Brittany, ...
of 450 thousand square kilometers (km2 ). In 2017, the province had a permanent population1 of 26.26 million, of which 12.18 million were urban residents, yielding a 46.39% level of urbanization. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Gansu Province in 2017 was RMB 767.7 billion(Gansu Stats, 2018). Administratively, Gansu Province is consisted of 14 prefect ...
In May 2018, the Destination AKL 2025 strategy was launched to guide the development of Auckland’s visitor economy. The strategy, which aims to deliver a more sustainable future for Auckland, was the outcome of a process initiated by Auckland Tourism, Events, & Economic Development (ATEED) and guided by an industry leadership group. ATEED is the guardian ...
With almost eight million inhabitants, the Auvergne-RhôneAlpes Region can be compared to the 16th country in the European Union in terms of population. Lyon, the biggest city and regional capital of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, is the Region’s major economic player, with 513,000 inhabitants in the city of Lyon, 1.3 million inhabitants in the Lyon metropolitan a ...
In 2015, the port of Marseille-Fos(known in French as Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, GPM) was France’s leading port by cargo volume (and the second largest port in the Mediterranean after Algeciras), number of cruise passengers (fifth largest in the Mediterranean) 1 and hydrocarbons2 . It was the second largest port in the country for container traffi ...
With an economic output of $3.85 billion and population of 67,080, The City of Launceston is a regional city strategically located within Northern Tasmania. This has provided it with natural advantages which have supported the development of a diverse and resilient economy and helped the City weather the economic challenges it has faced over its history. ...