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Employment and skills are at the core of Europe 2020, the European Union's (EU) competitiveness strategy, and are … decisive for high productivity and sustained growth. Romania has overcome significant challenges on its path to EU membership … economic crisis and because important reforms in employment and education have not yet been completed. The Europe 2020 Romania …
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in Bulgaria. Compared to the EU27 averages, activity and employment rates have remained low, and Bulgaria has significant … employment even during the crisis and measures to retrain and up-skill the unemployed and those at risk of lay-off is an …-term measures during the economic crisis ideally combine efforts to keep workers in employment through temporary publicly subsidized …
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for low income workers. Expanding employment opportunities and addressing the deficits in skills of large segments of the … inform the discussions of the future of social and employment policy among policy makers and the Peruvian society at large. …
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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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"This paper analyzes the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their household, and their school participation using 11 household surveys from nine developing countries. Between 1 and 2 percent of the population is identified as having a disability....
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This report comprises of eleven sessions: introduction; definition of disability - questions for discussion; new thinking on disability measurement; from census to surveys; policy dimensions of disability measurement - Brazil; good questions and bad questions; developing a matrix of functioning;...
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Persons with disabilities make up just one of many groups in society that are systematically marginalized and disadvantaged. Gender, ethnic and religious diversity, poverty, age, homelessness, levels of education and literacy, gender preference and diversity, and geographic isolation are just...
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This assessment originated from the dialogue on reforming the Cash Transfer Program (CTP) managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) to increase monetary support for people with disabilities (PWD). According to the beneficiaries, the current benefit payment is not sufficient to address the...
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This report proposes a toolkit which can be used to produce national assessments in MENA countries. The toolkit consists of a series of four questionnaires to be completed by institutions delivering specific programs in the areas of Social Assistance, Social Insurance, Health and Education. A...
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