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"Herzberg examines the Bulldozer Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, an innovative reform methodology that successfully overcame the lack of political will and capacity at the government level through a bottom-up approach. Using an innovative grassroots and public awareness methodology, the...
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Section one provides a brief background on the recent macroeconomic developments, starting with the immediate positive past, the growth payoffs in terms of poverty reduction and concluding with a description of persistent and emerging vulnerabilities. Section two continues with the story of the...
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The shortage of skills sought by key export-oriented and import competing industries in Bosnia and Herzegovina (henceforth, 'BH') is substantial and if left unaddressed, threatens to constrain future economic growth of the country. Prior to the onset of the global economic crisis, BH enjoyed...
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The private enterprise sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been expanding steadily, and estimates are that it presently contributes close to 50 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The BiH private enterprise sector initially developed following the privatization program starting in...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) hopes to successfully conclude the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union (EU) by the end of 2006, upgrading BH as a potential candidate for EU membership. Entry into the EU will increasingly shape the future reform program of BH in...
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This Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) takes stock of economic developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) since the end of the 1995 war, and, discusses potential sources of high, sustained growth that BH could exploit, as European Union integration advances. The report formulates policy...
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This report identifies recent developments in the labor market in Bosnia and Herzegovina and by focusing on industrial relations, aims to provide new policy insights. The report shows that there have also been some improvements in labor market outcomes over the last few years. Nonetheless,...
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identifies risk factors that may thrust a non-poor household into poverty: a) precarious earning sources, because the predominant … living arrangement features a single-earner household; b) widespread health risks, including uninsured financial risks, and …) limited access to formal safety nets; and, f) worn-out stock of household assets and limited access to credit. Physical …
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