The Kingdom of Eswatini Toward Equal Opportunity : Accelerating Inclusion and Poverty Reduction

One of three kingdoms in Africa, the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is a small, homogeneous, and landlocked country that is quasi-enclaved within South Africa. Eswatini is one of the world’s most trade-dependent economies, with South Africa as its most important trading partner. The COVID...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	INCLUSIVE GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS INVESTMENT CLIMATE ECONOMIC GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS INEQUALITY HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES WATER AND SANITATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE MIGRATION CLIMATE CHANGE FISCAL RISK SHARED PROSPERITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/966931608603154612/Eswatini-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic-Toward-Equal-Opportunity-Accelerating-Inclusion-and-Poverty-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34970

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spelling	okr-10986-349702021-04-23T14:02:13Z The Kingdom of Eswatini Toward Equal Opportunity : Accelerating Inclusion and Poverty Reduction World Bank INCLUSIVE GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS INVESTMENT CLIMATE ECONOMIC GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS INEQUALITY HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES WATER AND SANITATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE MIGRATION CLIMATE CHANGE FISCAL RISK SHARED PROSPERITY One of three kingdoms in Africa, the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is a small, homogeneous, and landlocked country that is quasi-enclaved within South Africa. Eswatini is one of the world’s most trade-dependent economies, with South Africa as its most important trading partner. The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to worsen Eswatini’s growth outlook in the near to medium term, which will exacerbate the triple problems of high unemployment, poverty, and inequality. Eswatini has high levels of poverty and income inequality, which are not commensurate with its middle-income status. This Systematic Country Diagnostic views addressing inequality of opportunity, manifested in people’s unequal access to assets, markets, services, and rights, as central to accelerating poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Eswatini. To this end, it identifies five interconnected, broad priority policy areas that could potentially make the greatest contribution to eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. These are: (a) strengthening macroeconomic management; (b) diversifying the economy and creating jobs; (c) strengthening human capital and the inclusive delivery of public services; (d) improving resilience to natural disasters and economic shocks; and across these four areas, (e) demonstrating credible commitment to transparent and effective policy implementation. 2021-01-06T15:37:02Z 2021-01-06T15:37:02Z 2020-12-14 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/966931608603154612/Eswatini-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic-Toward-Equal-Opportunity-Accelerating-Inclusion-and-Poverty-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34970 English Systematic Country Diagnostic; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Systematic Country Diagnostic Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Eswatini
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description	One of three kingdoms in Africa, the Kingdom of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) is a small, homogeneous, and landlocked country that is quasi-enclaved within South Africa. Eswatini is one of the world’s most trade-dependent economies, with South Africa as its most important trading partner. The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to worsen Eswatini’s growth outlook in the near to medium term, which will exacerbate the triple problems of high unemployment, poverty, and inequality. Eswatini has high levels of poverty and income inequality, which are not commensurate with its middle-income status. This Systematic Country Diagnostic views addressing inequality of opportunity, manifested in people’s unequal access to assets, markets, services, and rights, as central to accelerating poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Eswatini. To this end, it identifies five interconnected, broad priority policy areas that could potentially make the greatest contribution to eliminating extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. These are: (a) strengthening macroeconomic management; (b) diversifying the economy and creating jobs; (c) strengthening human capital and the inclusive delivery of public services; (d) improving resilience to natural disasters and economic shocks; and across these four areas, (e) demonstrating credible commitment to transparent and effective policy implementation.
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title	The Kingdom of Eswatini Toward Equal Opportunity : Accelerating Inclusion and Poverty Reduction
title_short	The Kingdom of Eswatini Toward Equal Opportunity : Accelerating Inclusion and Poverty Reduction
title_full	The Kingdom of Eswatini Toward Equal Opportunity : Accelerating Inclusion and Poverty Reduction
title_fullStr	The Kingdom of Eswatini Toward Equal Opportunity : Accelerating Inclusion and Poverty Reduction
title_full_unstemmed	The Kingdom of Eswatini Toward Equal Opportunity : Accelerating Inclusion and Poverty Reduction
title_sort	kingdom of eswatini toward equal opportunity : accelerating inclusion and poverty reduction
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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The Kingdom of Eswatini Toward Equal Opportunity : Accelerating Inclusion and Poverty Reduction

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