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Smoke-Free Workplaces
World Bank - 2012
Smoking harms the health of smokers and those around them. Smokers are at far higher risks of strokes, heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases; cancers of the lungs, mouth, larynx, bladder, pancreas, kidneys and stomach; emphysema, bronchitis, and tuberculosis. These diseases cause...
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Lao PDR - Labor Standards and Productivity in the Garments Export Sector : A Survey of Managers and Workers
World Bank - 2012
management practices, working conditions and worker motivation, as well as industry technology and workflow practices, are drawn … management practices, working conditions and worker motivation, as well as industry technology and workflow practices. In order …
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The knowledge economy in Europe : a review of the 2009 EIB Conference in Economics and Finance
Uppenberg, Kristian - 2010
This overview discusses some key findings of the papers presented at the conference and draws some policy conclusions from them in the context of the broader literature. The papers and the wider academic discussion are sorted into three broad groups. The first looks at macroeconomic issues: The...
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International Workshop on Public-Private Dialogue : Proceedings Including the Charter of Good Practice in Using Public-Private Dialogue for Private Sector Development
World Bank - 2012
There has been growing interest from stakeholders around the world in recent years in how to build momentum for private … field for guidance based on international best practice. In 2004-2005, responding to this demand, the World Bank, Department …
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Global Good Practice in Incubation Policy Development and Implementation
World Bank - 2013
This paper was based on a desk review of the literature relating to best practice in public policy supporting business incubation, supplemented by four national case studies covering Brazil, Ma-laysia, New Zealand and South Africa. These country studies were prepared through engage-ment of...
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Compendium of International and National Legal Frameworks on Child Marriage
World Bank - 2023
Education Global Practice at the World Bank on the role of law to end child marriage. The discussions took place within the … context of a global study being conducted by the World Bank and the International Center for Research on Women on the economic … World Bank decided to update and upgrade the first edition of the Compendium. The EWBL aims to advance gender equality …
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Good Practices in National Systems for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment : A Literature Review
World Bank - 2022
analyzes global ESIA literature to inform the World Bank's response to Borrower country requests for assistance in … strengthening national systems for ESIA, provide input to broader World Bank country strategies and identify priority areas for … future World Bank engagement. The Review concludes with recommendations for how the World Bank Group can support Borrower …
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Support for female entrepreneurs : survey evidence for why it makes sense
Europäische Investitionsbank - 2022
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Global solutions, international partnerships : the European Investment Bank development report 2021
Europäische Investitionsbank - 2021
The climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic remind us that we cannot face down our challenges alone—our solutions must be global. The European Investment Bank is at the heart of the push to turn EU policy initiatives into real development solutions on the ground. This report provides insights...
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