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The notes also address energy sector reforms, digital development, transport modernization, environmental and air-quality improvements, municipal development and disaster risk management, water security and climate adaptation, and agricultural transformation, supported by a structured implementation and policy agenda.","North Macedonia  \nPolicy Notes  \nThe World Bank Group  \nSeptember, 2024  \nPub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized  \nNorth Macedonia Policy Notes  \nTable of Contents  \nExecutive Summary ............................................................................ 7  \n1. Macroeconomics and Public Financial Management ................... 21  \n2. Poverty and Inclusion .................................................................... 29  \n3. Education ....................................................................................... 35  \n4. Health Systems ............................................................................ 41  \n5. Social Protection ............................................................................ 47  \n6. Jobs and Migration ........................................................................ 53  \n7. Financial Sector ............................................................................. 59  \n8. Private Sector Development and Innovation ................................. 65  \n9. Decarbonizing the Economy .......................................................... 71  \n10. Energy Sector and Just Transition ............................................... 77  \n11. Digital Development .................................................................... 83  \n12. Transport ...................................................................................... 89  \n13. Environment and Air Quality ........................................................ 95  \n14. Municipal Development and Disaster Risk Management ......... 101  \n15. Water Security and Climate Adaptation .................................... 107  \n16. Agriculture ................................................................................. 113  \nAcknowledgments  \nThese policy notes were prepared by a World Bank Team led by Massimiliano Paolucci (Country Manager), Rhedon Begolli (Deputy Country Manager and Senior Energy Specialist), Cveta Peruseska Joncevska (Portfolio Analyst), Richard Record (Lead Country Economist), Simon David Ellis (Program Leader), Nathalie Lahire (Program Leader), Anita Bozhinovska (Senior External Affairs Assistant) and Mario Jankulovski (Team Assistant) with overall guidance from Xiaoqing Yu (Country Director, Western Balkans) . 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