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Developing Socioemotional Skills for the Philippines' Labor Market

World Bank Group - 2017

While the Philippines has achieved remarkable progress in raising the education level of its labor force, the standard …, personality, attitude, and mindset. However, governments and educational institutions in many countries, including the Philippines …, as well as more traditional cognitive and technical skills, in the Philippine labor market. The Philippines is still at …

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Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction in Rwanda

World Bank Group - 2017

This note analyzes whether and how the country's rising urbanization levels (measured primarily by population density) are associated with nonfarm job creation and poverty reduction. By focusing on Rwanda's 416 geographic sectors for the decade from 2002 and 2012, the analysis shows that,...

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Cote d'Ivoire : Modernizing Social Protection and Labor Policies for Inclusive Growth

World Bank Group - 2019

The main objective of this policy note is to assess key social protection and labor (SPL) policies, program expenditures and institutional arrangements in Cote d'Ivoire. The note aims to identify policy options for improving allocative and technical efficiency for key programs, including how to...

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Bangladesh : More and Better Jobs to Accelerate Shared Growth and End Extreme Poverty

World Bank Group - 2015

Situated in a fertile low-lying river delta, Bangladesh combines high vulnerability to floods, tropical cyclones, earthquakes, and climate change with one of the world's highest population densities, with around 159 million people living in less than 150,000 sq. km. With the world's second...

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