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      • Capacity
      • Deployment
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      • East Asia and the Pacific
      • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
      • Latin America and the Caribbean
      • Middle East and North Africa
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      • Sub-Saharan Africa
      • Western Europe
      • Box 1: G20
      • Box 2: European Union
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      • Deployment
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