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Cultivating Opportunities for Faster Rural Income Growth and Poverty Reduction : Mozambique Rural Income Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2022

Mozambique's economy has experienced strong growth over the last two decades, with GDP expanding at an annual average rate of 7.2 percent. However, this growth has been unequally shared and rural areas still lag far behind urban centers in both monetary and non-monetary dimensions of wellbeing....

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EU Regular Economic Report 4 : Thinking CAP - Supporting Agricultural Jobs and Incomes in the EU

World Bank Group - 2018

The European Union (EU) Regular Economic Report (RER), is an annual publication of the World Bank Group and covers economic developments, prospects, and economic policies in the European Union. The report finds that while growth is back on track, the bottom 40 percent of the income distribution...

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Ethiopia - Rural Income Diagnostics Study : Leveraging the Transformation in the Agri-Food System and Global Trade to Expand Rural Incomes

World Bank Group - 2022

Ethiopia began the decade on a great run, with high economic growth and significant gains in poverty reduction nationally. But the gains were unevenly shared. Multiple shocks at the beginning of the new decade threaten to discontinue progress and possibly undo most of the gains made in the...

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Thailand Rural Income Diagnostic : Challenges and Opportunities for Rural Farmers

World Bank Group - 2022

This report applies the framework to diagnose the opportunities and constraints faced by the rural economy and households and to assess policy options to address these constraints. The approach builds on four steps. The first step consists in examining the socio-demographic profile and living...

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Building Human Capital : Lessons from Country Experiences; Ireland

World Bank Group - 2021

Over the last sixty years, Ireland has experienced profound economic, social, technological, occupational, cultural … transformation and has been a central component of Ireland's human capital development. Ireland's journey towards prosperity has not … the story of Ireland's remarkable economic and social transformations since the 1960s, with a focus on the contribution …

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South Africa : Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review

World Bank Group - 2021

Despite being an upper middle income country, South Africa's high inequality and the long-lasting legacies of apartheid mean that the country is faced with numerous development challenges, many of which are characteristic of countries with much lower incomes. This paper focuses on social...

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Sierra Leone Public Expenditure Review 2021 : Social Assistance Program

World Bank Group - 2021

Social protection is a critical policy instrument in Sierra Leone to address the multiple risks and vulnerabilities faced by citizens. Through the Medium-term National Development Plan for 2019-2023, the government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) stated its aim to expand social assistance to cover thirty...

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South Africa Social Assistance Programs and Systems Review : Policy Brief

World Bank Group - 2021

South Africa's social assistance system represents a major intervention by government in addressing the deprivation amongst the country's population. The system is extensive in terms of both the number of people it covers, directly and indirectly, as well as in terms of the amount of scarce...

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Nepal Social Protection : Review of Public Expenditure and Assessment of Social Assistance Programs, Main Report FY11-FY20

World Bank Group - 2021

Nepal's recent transition to a federal state structure provides a historic juncture to realize the role that social protection can play in achieving the constitutional goals of equity, inclusion, and prosperity. The transition to a federal structure of governance and the promulgation of a new...

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Towards a Comprehensive, Integrated, and Effective Social Assistance System in Indonesia

World Bank Group - 2017

Since 2010, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) has set official poverty reduction targets and emphasized the importance of a well-functioning social assistance system in continued poverty reduction. However, despite the efforts in expanding coverage of the social protection system, the pace of...

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