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World Bank - 2022

This case study highlights the steps taken to advance gender equality, female empowerment, and capacity building by the … employee feedback into effective measures to promote gender diversity …

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Career placement of skilled migrants in the U.S. labor market : a dynamic approach

Neagu, Ileana Cristina - 2009

"The initial occupational placements of male immigrants in the U.S. labor market vary significantly by country of origin even when education and other factors are taken into account. Does the heterogeneity persist over time? Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this study...

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Promotion with and without learning : effects on student enrollment and dropout behavior

King, Elizabeth M. - 2008

"Many educators and policymakers have argued for lenient grade promotion policy - even automatic promotion - in developing country settings where grade retention rates are high. The argument assumes that grade retention discourages persistence or continuation in school and that the promotion of...

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The twin effects of globalization

Daveri, Francesco - 2003

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Investment strategies for agricultural and natural resources : investing in knowledge for development

Persley, Gabrielle J. (ed.) - 1998

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Who is coming from Vanuatu to New Zealand under the new recognized Seasonal Employer Program ?

McKenzie, David J. - 2008

"New Zealand's new Recognized Seasonal Employer program allows workers from the Pacific Islands to come to New Zealand for up to seven months to work in the horticulture and viticulture industries. One of the explicit objectives of the program is to encourage economic development in the Pacific....

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How pro-poor is the selection of seasonal migrant workers from Tonga under New Zealand's recognized Seasonal Employer Program ?

Gibson, John K. - 2008

"Temporary migration programs for unskilled workers are increasingly being proposed as a way to both relieve labor shortages in developed countries and aid development in sending countries without entailing many of the costs associated with permanent migration. New Zealand's new Recognized...

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Education in Ethiopia : Strengthening the Foundation for Sustainable Progress

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

With the end of civil war in 1991, Ethiopia's government launched a New Education and Training Policy in 1994 which, by the early 2000s, had already produced remarkable results. The gross enrollment ratio rose from 20 to 62 percent in primary education between 1993-94 and 2001-02; and in secondary...

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World Development Report 2012

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

The main message of this year's World development report: gender equality and development is that these patterns of … progress and persistence in gender equality matter, both for development outcomes and policy making. They matter because gender … equality is a core development objective in its own right. But greater gender equality is also smart economics, enhancing …

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Fast Track Initiative : Building a Global Compact for Education

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2005

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