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Who is Keeping Score? : Estimating the Number of Foreign Workers in Malaysia
World Bank Group - 2020
Malaysia has experienced a rise in foreign labor inflows in response to steady economic expansion and demographic … Labour Force Surveys by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). Foreign labor is concentrated in low …-skilled occupations, and in Malaysia the term "foreign worker" specifically implies a foreigner doing low-skilled work. These foreign …
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Breaking Barriers : Toward Better Economic Opportunities for Women in Malaysia
World Bank Group - 2019
The promotion of economic opportunities for women is one of the most promising avenues for Malaysia's future … development. Closing gaps between men's and women's economic opportunities could boost Malaysia's income per capita by 26 … improving women's economic opportunities. It finds that Malaysia's female labor force participation rate has risen significantly …
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Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers : An Initial Assessment
World Bank Group - 2019
The global sanitation workforce bridges the gap between sanitation infrastructure and the provision of sanitation services. Sanitation workers provide an essential public service but often at the cost of their dignity, safety, health, and living conditions. They are some of the most vulnerable...
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Informality, Job Quality, and Welfare in Sri Lanka
World Bank Group - 2020
Informal employment remains a salient and persistent feature of the Sri Lanka labor market, with around 70 percent of the work force informally employed. There are generally three reasons to be concerned about high informality: poverty, productivity and public finance. This report focuses on the...
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A Country on the Move : Domestic Migration in Two Regions of Myanmar
World Bank Group - 2016
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Maximizing the Development Impacts from Temporary Migration : Recommendations for Australia's Seasonal Worker Program
World Bank Group - 2017
The seasonal worker program (SWP) was formally introduced in 2012 following a four-year pilot scheme. The program maintains the dual objectives of: (i) contributing to the economic development of nine participating Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste; and (ii) filling labor shortages in the...
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The Social Impacts of Seasonal Migration : Lessons from Australia's Seasonal Worker Program for Pacific Islanders
World Bank Group - 2018
The Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) is a temporary migration scheme between Australia and selected Pacific Island Countries. It was introduced in 2012 and covers the agriculture, accommodation and tourism sectors. Extensive efforts have been made to evaluate the economic impacts of the scheme, but...
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Towards Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia
World Bank Group - 2020
International migration for temporary employment is a critical component of South Asia's development path, from both the jobs and remittance flows perspectives. South Asian economies are at a stage of demographic transition where people of working-age are generally still increasing shares of...
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Regional Partnership Framework : For Kiribati, Republic of Nauru, Republic of The Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Samoa, K...
World Bank Group - 2017
This Regional Partnership Framework (RPF) outlines the World Bank Group (WBG) strategic program for nine Pacific island countries (PIC9): Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of Nauru, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Samoa,...
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Dominican Republic : Climate Migrants
World Bank Group - 2024
The Dominican Republic (DR) is vulnerable to climate change and has a high rate of natural degradation. The DR shows evidence of significant human mobility flows of (i) internal migration, mainly rural to urban; and (ii) international cross-border migration, especially from Haiti. Given this...
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