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The 2011 world development report looks across disciplines and experiences drawn from around the world to offer some ideas and practical recommendations. The world bank annual report 2018 open knowledge repository. Nixon ends convertibility of us dollars to gold and announces wageprice controls august 1971. World integrated trade solution wits software provides access to international merchandise trade, tariff and nontariff measures ntm data. To celebrate 20 years since its inception, the world drug report 2017 is presented in a new fivebooklet format designed to improve reader friendliness while maintaining the wealth of information contained within.
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