Globalization, demographic trends, the green transition, and technological innovations are transforming labor markets … in Europe and Central Asia, altering their institutional and contractual arrangements, and creating disparities and … driving poverty and vulnerability. Social protection systems in Europe and Central Asia will need to be reformed to address …

are the price of investment goods, distance to major world cities, and political rights. This suggests that growth … different prior assumptions on expected model size. "--World Bank web site …

"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns …-interest income generating activities such as trading increases the rate of return on assets, and it may offer some risk …, although it can offer some risk reduction at commonly observed low levels of non-deposit funding. A sizeable proportion of …