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Ghana : Economic Diversification Through Productivity Enhancement
World Bank Group - 2019
productivity angle.In looking at a set of high-growth economies of the past, the Growth Report 2008 identified common … total factor productivity to growth is on a declining path.The structural shift of the Ghanaian economy into services and … marginally contributes to labor productivity growth.Second, concentration of economic activity in natural resources increase …
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Thailand Economic Monitor, January 2020 : Productivity for Prosperity
World Bank Group - 2020
domestic economy, increasing openness, and promoting an eco-system for firm innovation in order can boost productivity …
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Zambia Economic Brief, September 2018 : An Agro-Led Structural Transformation
World Bank Group - 2018
The latest economic brief highlights that Zambia's rising macroeconomic imbalances, high debt and associated costs of debt service are crowding out private sector growth. The economy is expected to expand by 3.3 percent in 2018 in 2018 compared to 3.4 percent in 2017. Agricultures offers Zambia...
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Demand for Skills in Albania : An Analysis of the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity Survey
World Bank Group - 2018
This report aims to provide policy makers in Albania with new evidence to inform the design and implementation of public policies on post-secondary education, vocational education and training (VET) system labor market information and intermediation, and labor policies. The STEP Employer Survey...
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Prosperity for All Saotomeans : Priorities to End Poverty, Promote Growth, and Build Resilience in Sao Tome and Principe
World Bank Group - 2021
Sao Tome and Principe (STP), a small island nation of 215,000 people in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Central Africa, is in many ways a country of great untapped wealth. One of Africa's least known countries, its striking volcanic landscape is home to virgin rainforests with rich...
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Unlocking Egypt's Potential for Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth : Eqypt Systematic Country Diagnostic Update
World Bank Group - 2021
Systematic Country Diagnostics (SCDs) analyze the most critical constraints and opportunities to ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The first SCD for Egypt was published in 2015. A lot has happened since then, so this SCD Update takes advantage of a...
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Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction
World Bank Group - 2021
This poverty assessment aims to inform poverty-focused policymaking in Chad. The report examines recent trends in poverty, inequality, and other social indicators and identifies key constraints on poverty reduction. Although agriculture, pastoralism, and related activities provide livelihoods...
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Benin Country Economic Memorandum 2.0 (Vol. 2) : How can Benin's Demographic Transition Support Economic Growth? - Chapter 2
World Bank Group - 2022
combined with low productivity growth has translated into limited gains in income per capita. Following its transition from low …, lifting labor productivity and creating quality jobs for its young labor force, including women. While Benin's economy has …
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Pathways to Sustainable Growth in Niger : A World Bank Group Country Economic Memorandum
World Bank Group - 2022
This country economic memorandum aims to support Niger's efforts to walk on a path conducive to a resilient and sustainable economic growth. It does so by attempting to answer the following five questions, each of which constitutes a separate chapter: (i) what were the salient structural...
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