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    Topic Guide: sub-national financing for urban infrastructure

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    Developing countries are growing faster than in the past, with significantly higher rates of growth than those in the developed world. Growth rates in Africa and India were well above 5% in 2014 and those in Ethiopia and Rwanda were higher than 7.5%.
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    Regional cooperation for infrastructure development: towards an institutional framework for investment in the IOR - ARC

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013
    Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and development. Infrastructure is considered as a priority sector for investment in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Due to low domestic savings most of the member states in the region are quite dependent on foreign investment for capital formation.
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    Urban poverty in Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    Urbanisation is a positive factor in growth and poverty reduction. Country experiences are generally consistent with the view that a rising share of the population living in urban areas plays a positive role in overall poverty reduction, by providing new opportunities to those migrating out of the rural areas and escaping poverty in the process.
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    Striving for excellence: mega sporting events and human rights

    Institute for Human Rights and Business, 2013
    From the perspective of human rights, "Mega Sporting Events” (MSEs),  bring both opportunities and risks.
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    Provision and improvement of housing for the poor

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    The purpose of the Topic Guide is to stimulate thinking about the ways in which investment in the process of housing can benefit the poor.
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    A Socio-economic Study of Informal Sector Workers of Dhaka City

    Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2012
    Informal sector is a very important area of the economy for any developing country; it is a growing occupational sector for the less skilled people, living both in urban and rural areas. Considerable amount of employment are ensured by this sector. What is specific to the informal economy is the absence of rights and social protection of the workers involved in it.