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Transforming Indonesia's Teaching Force : From Pre-service Training to Retirement - Producing and Maintaining a High-quality, Efficient, and Motivated Workforce

World Bank - 2012

The report on the transforming Indonesia's teaching force is divided in two volumes. The executive summary is the first volume of a two-volume comprehensive report on teacher management in Indonesia. This volume summarizes the key findings of the detailed technical analysis in volume two, but...

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Understanding Income Security for Older Adults - Rethink Social Protection and Jobs in an Actively Aging World

World Bank - 2025

The note first discusses the main pillars of financial securityat older ages before focusing on the status of contributory and noncontributory (orsocial) pension systems in developing countries. It highlights worrying under-coverage ofcontributory pension systems in the face of persistent labor...

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Race, immigration, and the U.S. labor market : contrasting the outcomes of foreign born and native blacks

De Walque, Damien - 2008

"It is generally expected that immigrants do not fare as well as the native-born in the U.S. labor market. The literature also documents that Blacks experience lower labor market outcomes than Whites. This paper innovates by studying the interaction between race and immigration. The study...

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Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities in Education and Housing : Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Serbia

World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 2017

Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people is widespread and LGBTI exclusion from economic markets, vital services and political spaces is entrenched. This is not just a personal problem, it is a development challenge; not only because discrimination is...

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How to Identify Gender Gaps in Urban Forced Displacement

World Bank - 2023

This Guidance Note offers comprehensive insights on how to conduct a gender gap analysis of the needs of displaced women and girls in situations of urban forced displacement. Addressing gender disparities is critical to the consolidation of peace and security. The 2024-2030 World Bank Group...

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Stangl, Anne (contributor) - 2010

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Gender disparities in Africa's labor market

Kolev, Alexandre (contributor); Filipiak, Ewa (contributor); … - 2010

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Kenya : Do Infants Benefit When Older Siblings are Dewormed?

World Bank - 2015

Early childhood is a crucial window of opportunity for improving lives. The challenge for policymakers and development experts knows which programs give children’s development the best boost and how to implement them. The World Bank is committed to helping governments understand whether...

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Women's Retirement Age in Vietnam : Gender Equality and Sustainability of the Social Security Fund

World Bank - 2012

The issue of the retirement age is fundamentally linked to policies on social protection. It is an issue that … law in Vietnam, several options were presented for changing the retirement age of women. However, the National Assembly …'s retirement age in Vietnam to serve as a basis for further consultation and policy dialogue with the Government. …

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Retirement : Can Pension Reform Reverse the Trend to Earlier Retirement?

World Bank - 2012

This edition of the Pension Reform Primer examines the global trend in early retirement among rich and poorer countries …, the reasons for people retiring early, the burden of early retirement on the pension system, recent policy initiatives to … between early retirement and incentives in the pension system, a result confirmed by other international studies and by more …

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