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Violence in a post-conflict context : urban poor perceptions from Guatemala

Moser, Caroline O. N. - 2001

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Colombia - Peace Programmatic I : Demobilization and Reinsertion of Ex-Combatants in Colombia

World Bank - 2012

This report presents the results of the study on the demobilization and reinsertion of excombatants from illegal armed groups in Colombia. The report describes and analyzes the Colombian case, compares it with international experience, discusses critical issues of the current program, and...

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Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-conflict Countries

World Bank - 2012

Civil service reconstruction is important in post-conflict countries because conflict erodes institutions and civil service capacity. And because successful reconstruction-in all sectors-requires domestic capacity to implement projects, a weak civil service undermines overall reconstruction...

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The Toll of War : The Economic and Social Consequences of the Conflict in Syria

World Bank - 2017

The Arab Spring protests marked the beginning of a new era in the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011. Minor public protests began almost immediately after the initial protests in Cairo in January 2011. The first large demonstrations began two months later in March, and the following months saw a...

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Voices of Youth in Post-Conflict Burundi : Perspectives on Exclusion, Gender, and Conflict

World Bank - 2013

This report examines youth in post-conflict Burundi. The research responds to the nascent but growing body of knowledge on conflict, young men and gender. War and violence have devastated societies and economies throughout Africa with young men being the main perpetrators of this violence. This...

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Guatemala : Expenditure Reform in a Post-Conflict Country

World Bank - 2013

This report is the third in a series of joint Government-World Bank reviews designed support Guatemala's peace process (See report nos. 15352 and 16392). As this report was under preparation in late 1998, Guatemala faced an emergency caused by Hurricane Mitch and increasing macroeconomic...

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Natural Resources and Violent Conflict : Options and Actions

Bannon, Ian - World Bank - 2003

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Natural Resources and Conflict: What We Can Do -- 2. The Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can -- 3. Who Gets the Money? Reporting Resource Revenues -- 4. Where Did It Come From? Commodity Tracking Systems -- 5....

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Unemployment and worker-firm matching : theory and evidence from East and West Europe

Münich, Daniel - 2009

inefficient matching. Hypothesis 2 (H2) is that unemployment is caused by low demand. Hypothesis 3 (H3) is that restructuring is … returns to scale in matching and unemployment appears to be driven by restructuring and low demand. The East German case is … complex because of its major active labor market policies and a negative trend in efficiency in matching. In some sense, East …

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Market power and the matching of trade credit terms

Fabbri, Daniele - 2008

to their customers, and to "match maturity" between the contract terms of payables and receivables. This matching …

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Georgia : Skills Mismatch and Unemployment, Labor Market Challenges

World Bank - 2013

This paper reviews labor market performance in Georgia, and examines the link between labor market outcomes and poverty. At over 15 percent, the unemployment rate in the country is high by European standards. Georgia faces three main labor market issues: (a) underutilization of labor resources,...

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