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men and women's perception of factors that are perceived to shape their economic mobility, access to labor markets, and … middle class overall, men and women will report a lack of education and appropriate skills as barriers to both employment and … entrepreneurship opportunities. Economic mobility, supported by a thriving and open labor market, targeted policies, and an enabling …
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Migration is transforming rural economies, landscapes, and potentially, gender relations. Migration is one of the … agriculture's role in regional food security, national shared prosperity, and household resilience to shocks. The objective of … this study is to investigate the feminization of agriculture as well as its implications for women's agency, household …
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High-Frequency Phone Surveys of Households in Vietnam. These monitoring data help generate insights on household well …
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of several components: a national review of household energy programs; an evaluation of national sanitation programs; and …
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The Philippines health sector is at a critical stage in its transformation. While the country has undertaken several significant health sector reforms in the past decades, a large unfinished policy agenda remains. The achievement of the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially...
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Indonesia has experienced strong economic growth over the last forty years. At the same time, the proportion of Indonesians living below the poverty line has fallen dramatically. Nonetheless, around 12 percent of Indonesians remain in poverty and another 30 percent remain highly vulnerable to...
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, and low-paid. Widespread informality means that the poor neither benefit from the minimum wage policy nor from employment …-paid laborers. The reduction of in-work poverty hinges on removing constraints to gainful employment in both supply side (better …
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Indonesia has enjoyed a demographic dividend over the last forty years. The working population has been growing faster than the population of non-working dependents. This presents a major opportunity for economic growth and poverty reduction, provided that more jobs and better jobs are created...
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With this Cameroon economic update, the World Bank is pursuing a program of short, crisp and frequent country economic reports. These economic updates provide an analysis of the trends and constraints in Cameroon's economic development. Each issue, produced bi-annually, provides an update of...
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