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Do Vouchers for Job Training Programs Help?
World Bank - 2012
Youth unemployment is a problem in many developing countries, where labor market opportunities may be further squeezed by rapid rural migration into big cities, the cost of higher education and job seekers' limited information about the best opportunities. Policymakers and aid organizations...
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The right skills for the job? : rethinking training policies for workers
Almeida, Rita (contributor) - 2012
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Gambia, The - Youth Employment and Skills Development Study : Improving Youth Employment Outcomes Through Enhanced Skills Development
World Bank - 2012
Despite substantial improvements in access to basic education and steady economic growth, The Gambia still faces considerable challenges in respect to reducing poverty. As the result of its narrow economic base and its reduced internal market, the country will continue to rely heavily on the...
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Republic of Korea : Workforce Development
World Bank - 2013
The Republic of Korea vaulted in less than three generations from being one of the poorest countries in the world to becoming a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This economic transformation has attracted considerable admiration and inquiry. One of the...
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Connecting lagging and leading regions : the role of labor mobility
Lall, Somik V. - 2009
"How can policies improve the welfare of people in economically lagging regions of countries? Should policies help jobs follow people? Or should they enable people to follow jobs? In most countries, market forces have encouraged the geographic concentration of people and economic activEities -...
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Enforcement of labor regulation, informal labor, and firm performance
Almeida, Rita - 2005
"This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its impact on firm performance. Using firm level data on informal employment and firm performance, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, the authors...
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Right-to-work? : assessing India's employment guarantee scheme in Bihar
Dutta, Puja - 2014
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The quality of fiscal adjustment and the long-run growth impact of fiscal policy in Brazil
Blanco, Fernando - 2006
"The authors describe the main trends of Brazil's fiscal policy during the past decade and analyze (1) the ability to … Brazil. But the relationship is nonlinear: the impact of the primary balance on spreads is amplified as the debt ratio … disappointing growth performance in Brazil during the past decade. "--World Bank web site …
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Evaluating the impact of conditional cash transfer programs : lessons from Latin America
Rawlings, Laura - 2003
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