Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 33
Cover Image
Simulating Targeted Policies with Macro Impacts: Poverty Alleviation Policies in Madagascar
Cogneau, Denis; Robilliard, Anne-Sophie - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
We present the framework of a macro-micro simulation model for the study of the impact of economic policies on income distribution and monetary poverty in Madagascar. Modelling options and choices are discussed for the micro-economic module and for the macro-micro linkages. Econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707801
Cover Image
Gambia, The - Youth Employment and Skills Development Study : Improving Youth Employment Outcomes Through Enhanced Skills Development
World Bank - 2012
, especially for high-skilled and productive employment, as well as improvements in human capital levels to ensure that citizens … are able to take advantage of employment opportunities. Currently, however, low human capital levels greatly limit the … productivity and employment outcomes of the population, as evidenced by the fact that a majority continues to work in subsistence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550745
Cover Image
Bangladesh Skills for Tomorrow's Jobs : Preparing Youth for a Fast-Changing Economy
World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 2018
The skills for tomorrow's Jobs in Bangladesh attempts to address key skills challenges and identifyopportunities in the backdrop of fast technological and economic changes. It proposes mid to long-term strategic policy options that would contribute to economic growth and job creation in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645201
Cover Image
Liberia Skills Development Constraints for Youth in the Informal Sector
World Bank - 2016
.Youth recognize that their lack of skills and experience are impediments to employment.The objective of this report is to assess youth … formal employment, this report has a particular focus on skill development in vocational trades and the informal sector. This … World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2013-2017. Both recognize that inadequate skills and vulnerable employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246697
Cover Image
Promoting Skills Development for Youth in Zambia
World Bank - 2024
development and employment growth, and analyses the challenges faced by the technical education, vocational, and entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579541
Cover Image
Nepal: development performance and prospects
Huang, Yukon (contributor) - 1983 - [2. print.]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003600904
Cover Image
Pesticide poisoning of farm workers : implications of blood test results from Vietnam
Dasgupta, Susmita - 2005
"In this paper, the authors have assessed the incidence and determinants of pesticide poisoning among rice farmers in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Blood cholinesterase tests suggest that the incidence of poisoning from exposure to organophosphates and carbamates is quite high in Vietnam. Using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522576
Cover Image
Involving workers in East Asia's growth
1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010525637
Cover Image
World Development Report 1995 : Workers in an Integrating World
1995
This eighteenth annual report assesses what a more market-driven and integrated world means for workers. It asks which development strategies best address workers' needs, and what domestic labor market policies can do to establish a more equitable distribution of income, greater job security,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010525963
Cover Image
World Development Report 1995 : Workers in an Integrating World
World Bank - 2012
This eighteenth annual report assesses what a more market-driven and integrated world means for workers. It asks which development strategies best address workers' needs, and what domestic labor market policies can do to establish a more equitable distribution of income, greater job security,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552113