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Gender Issues in Child Labor
World Bank - 2012
This note reviews the available evidence on developing effective policies against child labor, outlining it requires attention to gender differences among working children. This is so because standard definitions of child labor tend to underestimate girls' work, because economic activities of...
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Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Enhancing Human Capital by Improving Education
World Bank - 2021
This note assesses pre-university education in Kosovo and identifies policies that can improve education quality and … equity. There is a substantial need for improvement to the foundations of the education system, especially in terms of …, making it a policy to invest in human capital through education must be a priority. The low levels of foundational literacy …
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Mauritania Human Capital Review
World Bank - 2024
et des résultats de l’éducation. Malgré lesinitiatives positives de la Mauritanie, la richesse encapital humain par …’être s’ils avaient bénéficiéd'une éducation complète et d’une santé optimale.Augmenter la productivité des mauritaniens …
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A normal relationship? : poverty, growth, and inequality
Lopez, J. Humberto - 2006
"Using a large cross-country income distribution dataset spanning close to 800 country-year observations from industrial and developing countries, the authors show that the size distribution of per capita income is well approximated empirically by a lognormal density. The null hypothesis that...
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Globalization, poverty, and inequality since 1980
Dollar, David - 2004
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Competing concepts of inequality in the globalization debate
Ravallion, Martin - 2004
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The debate on globalization, poverty, and inequality : why measurement matters
Ravallion, Martin - 2003
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Globalization, growth, and poverty : building an inclusive world economy
Dollar, David (contributor); Collier, Paul (contributor) - 2002
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Globalization, growth, and poverty : building an inclusive world economy
Collier, Paul (contributor); Dollar, David (contributor) - 2002
Globalisation is already a powerful force for poverty reduction as societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Although this international integration presents considerable opportunities for developing countries, it also contains significant risks. Associated with...
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Globalization, Growth, and Poverty : Building an Inclusive World Economy
World Bank - 2013
Societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Integration is the result of reduced costs of transport, lower trade barriers, faster communication of ideas, rising capital flows, and intensifying pressures for mitigation. Integration--or "globalization"--has generated...
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