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employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective … of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and …
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Today, many more girls are going to school and living longer, healthier lives than 30 or even 10 years ago. That was the good news in our flagship 2012 World Development Report on gender. But this has not translated into broader gains. Too many women still lack basic freedoms and opportunities...
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salient features of the labor market in Turkey is the distinctly lower labor force participation (LFP) rates of women. As of … January 2009, female LFP in Turkey was 23.5 percent. Urbanization and the move out of subsistence agriculture have had a … profound effect on employment patterns for women, especially among those who have not attained university education. Family …
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recovery and political stabilization in the last decade, insufficient employment has been created, leading to high unemployment …Unemployment, especially youth unemployment, is a serious problem for the Republic of Congo. Despite the economic … institutional environment that is not fully supportive of employment creation. Action needs to be taken now to promote inclusive …
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. However, women with past family migration experience are significantly more likely to engage in self-employment and less …
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Thailand has made good progress in closing gender gaps in various dimensions, especially human capital development. However, the progress, though obvious, has not done much to get rid of the main deterrents discouraging Thai women from participating more actively in the labor market. Thailand's...
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