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Following decades of sustained economic growth during which Uganda made dramatic progresstowards poverty reduction, the country has recently experienced a period of economic growthslow down. To return to higher rates of economic growth and poverty reduction, the Government mustaddress...
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The objective of this report is to inform the government's policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration in Rwanda, which is a recent phenomenon and remains fairly limited, with less than 10...
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This report sheds light on the extent to which earnings mobility and inequality of opportunity in access to the labor market have contributed to the increase in earnings inequality in Mauritius. Among the most important concerns about rising inequality is a situation where people become trapped...
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The Philippines increasingly emphasizes lifelong learning and skills mobility for labor productivity as an integral part of the country's growth strategy. The Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 presents a series of activities to improve labor productivity through human capital investment....
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gender equality. The analysis of the Gender Policy Note (GPN) focuses on specific issues related to economic empowerment. It … framework of the 2012 World Development Report on Gender and Development to the Bhutan context. For the areas of focus, the … report examines overall indicators on gender and identifies areas where gender gaps persist: agricultural land holding and …
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grant, Strengthening Capacity for Prevention and Response to Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence in Georgia (GBV). The goal of … conflict and Gender-based Violence (GBV). The Global Initiative, financed by the SPF, includes pilot projects across East Asia … as recent steps taken by the Government of Georgia on gender action and GBV response. Given conflicts in Abkhazia and …
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This report provides a baseline analysis of the status of access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with a particular focus on women entrepreneur' ability and constraints in accessing finance in order to develop and grow their businesses. It is based on a...
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Gender equality is a core development objective in its own right, and it is also smart economics. Greater gender … Bank 2011).For example, gender gaps in the Romanian labor market may be harming aggregate productivity due to inefficient …
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-state justice institutions, as can be the case for mullahs. This study looks at the gender dynamics of access to justice services in … and program designers with quantitative evidence to devise approaches that address gender-based inequities in women …
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