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Monday 19 April 2021
Culture & Tourism
The 21st century maritime silk road: tourism opportunities and impacts.
- Corporate Author:
- World Tourism Organization
- Publisher:
- UNWTO
The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is a key component of China's Belt and Road Initiative and, as such, can play a crucial role in the development of maritime infrastructure throughout Asia and the Pacific in the coming years. This report, developed with the kind support of Sunny International, looks into the overall impacts of the Maritime Silk Road on tourism and assesses the tourism potential of Maritime Silk Road thematic routes across Asia and beyond. The report shows that cruise tourism, targeted investments in decayed maritime infrastructure and the re-utilisation of ancient port cities can reinvigorate available heritage, support local communities and help diversify a country's tourism sector
- ISBN: 9789284418732
- £10.00
Economy
The state of economic inclusion report 2021 : the potential to scale.
- Corporate Author:
- World Bank
- Author:
- Colin Andrews
- Publisher:
- World Bank
The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 sheds light on one of the most intractable challenges faced by development policy makers and practitioners: transforming the economic lives of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. Economic inclusion programs are a bundle of coordinated, multidimensional interventions that support individuals, households, and communities so they can raise their incomes and build their assets. Programs targeting the extreme poor and vulnerable groups are now under way in 75 countries. This report presents data and evidence from 219 of these programs, which are reaching over 90 million beneficiaries. Governments now lead the scale-up of economic inclusion interventions, often building on pre-existing national programs such as safety nets, livelihoods and jobs, and financial inclusion, and 93 percent of the total beneficiaries are covered by government programs. The report offers four important contributions: (i) A detailed analysis of the nature of these programs, the people living in extreme poverty and vulnerability who they support, and the organisational challenges and opportunities inherent in designing and leading them; (ii) An evidence review of 80 quantitative and qualitative evaluations of economic inclusion programs in 37 countries; (iii) The first multi-country costing study including both government-led and other economic inclusion programs, indicating that programs show potential for cost efficiencies when integrated into national systems; (iv) Four detailed case studies featuring programs underway in Bangladesh, India, Peru, and the Sahel, which highlight the programmatic and institutional adaptations required to scale in quite diverse contexts
- ISBN: 9781464815980
- £38.50
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