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Laureate universities offer higher education degrees in the Mexican context, an environment where there is a significant, unmet demand for college degrees and yet, private universities face a highly competitive market to expand their services. This study is an ex-post impact evaluation. Namely,...
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Doing Business investigates the scope and manner of regulations that encourage business activity and those that constrain it. The indicators cover four areas of business regulation and their enforcement: starting a business, registering property, getting credit (registering collateral) and...
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Mexico is a country open to international trade. It has already signed 11 free trade agreements with 43 economies. The … advantages of Mexico as an open market are multiplied by the opportunities offered by its internal market of more than 112 … million people. Mexico is the 11th largest economy worldwide in terms of gross domestic product and the second in Latin …
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compared with Mexico City, and to 154 countries around the world. The indicators cover four "Doing Business" topics: starting a …, Puebla; Queretaro, Queretaro; San Luis Potos??, San Luis Potosi; Tlalnepantla, Estado de Mexico; Torreon, Coahuila; and … Veracruz, Veracruz. Comparisons with Mexico City and other countries are based on the indicators in Doing Business in 2006 …
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This report Tackling Childcare: The Business Case for Employer-supported Childcare in Sri Lanka responds to IFC client and partner demand for country-specific business case evidence on childcare and practical guidance on putting ideas into practice. It features I O case studies of companies...
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Economic growth is more robust and sustainable when women and men alike participate fully in the labor market. Better jobs for women, employment that leads to higher wages and greater decision-making, also have a positive influence on the ways households spend money on children s nutrition,...
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The overall objective of this study is to learn about the results of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) 'Banking on Women Program' (BoW) in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East (EMENA). Established in 2010, IFC's 'Banking on Women Program' uses IFC's investment capital to help...
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The overall objective of this study is to learn about the impact of International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Banking on Women (BoW) Program in the Europe and Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) through BLC Bank of Lebanon. The objective of this specific case study is to...
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This preparatory World Bank paper on tourism and gender explains the rationale for integrating a gender lens into tourism development projects. It also includes a set of resources designed to help development professionals and project managers get started and find necessary data. This paper...
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Women, business and the law focuses on this critical piece of the puzzle, objectively highlighting differentiations on the basis of gender in 141 economies around the world, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit...
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