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Republic of Congo - Employment and Growth Study : From Jobless to Inclusive Growth

World Bank - 2012

recovery and political stabilization in the last decade, insufficient employment has been created, leading to high unemployment … institutional environment that is not fully supportive of employment creation. Action needs to be taken now to promote inclusive … growth in the non-oil sectors and create sufficient employment opportunities. It is essential to remove the major obstacles …

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Estimating household responses to trade reforms : net consumers and net producers in rural Mexico

Porto, Guido Gustavo - 2005

"This paper explores an empirical methodology to assess the impacts of trade reforms on household behavior in developing countries. It focuses on consumption and income responses: when price reforms take place, households modify consumption and production decisions and local labor markets...

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The economic consequences of health shocks

Wagstaff, Adam - 2005

"While there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence on the economic effects of adverse health shocks, there is relatively little hard empirical evidence. The author builds on recent empirical work to explore in the context of postreform Vietnam two related issues: (1) how far household income and...

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Argentina - Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Argentina : A Potential Engine for Economic Growth and Employment

World Bank - 2013

The convertibility law, and economic liberalization in the early 1990s in Argentina, brought about dramatic changes in economic performance. To adjust to increasing globalization, and a series of external shocks, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) were confronted with the task of...

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Lithuania - Country Economic Memorandum : Converging to Europe - Policies to Support Employment and Productivity Growth

World Bank - 2013

Lithuania's long-term economic strategy aims at building the foundations for achieving rapid convergence with Western European countries. The medium-term objective of the economic policy is to meet the economic criteria for accession and to get ready for membership in the European and Monetary...

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Growth, Employment and Living Standards in Pre-Accession Poland

World Bank - 2013

that may help Poland to move closer to the Lisbon targets for employment and social inclusion. This report consists of two … to an analysis of the strong link between skills levels, employment opportunities and social inclusion as a way of … Union targets for employment, social inclusion and reduction in inequalities. …

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Serbia and Montenegro : An Agenda for Economic Growth and Employment

World Bank - 2013

and employment creation. Eight themes emerge as the key reform priorities for enhancing growth and employment generation …

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Labor Markets for Inclusive Growth

World Bank - 2014

This policy note outlines short, and medium-term policy options for addressing critical challenges affecting labor markets in Mexico, and in particular labor productivity. As labor is the main source of income for most of the population, poverty is closely linked to underemployment and low...

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Tunisia's Global Integration : A Second Generation of Reforms to Boost Growth and Employment

World Bank - 2012

foreign direct investments (FDI), exports and employment. Then, it examines the current challenges of integration of Tunisia … on the FDI, exports and employment. Chapter two examines the current challenges and major reforms necessary to correct …

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Gabonese Republic Report on Growth and Employment

World Bank - 2013

competitiveness and employment is the first pillar. It identifies the main obstacles to the low impact of economic growth on … employment in Gabon and makes recommendations that will foster dialogue between the World Bank and the Gabonese authorities on … and its effect on employment, (ii) an analysis of the main characteristics of the labor market, and (iii) a review of the …

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