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Thailand Economic Monitor, January 2019 : Inequality, Opportunity and Human Capital
World Bank Group - 2019
The outlook for the global economy has darkened amid elevated trade tensions. International trade and investment are … demand stemming from an upswing in private consumption and private investment. Domestic consumption expanded by 5 percent in … addition, private investment grew by 3.9 percent in the third quarter supported by increased spending on construction …
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Albania Country Economic Memorandum : Strengthening the Sustainability of Albania's Growth Model
World Bank Group - 2021
, and supporting investment. On the labor supply side, this means investing in people and supporting workers' transition to …
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Resilient Development - A Strategy to Diversify Cambodia's Growth Model : Cambodia Country Economic Memorandum
World Bank Group - 2021
and declining productivity; low quality and weak export linkages; and high foreign direct investment (FDI) but low … domestic investment. Just when past success was fueling high ambitions for future growth-to become upper middle income by 2030 … harnessing domestic investment. But an ambitious reform agenda is needed-one that focuses on improving capabilities …
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A New Growth Model for Building a Secure Middle Class : Kazakhstan Systematic Country Diagnostic
World Bank Group - 2018
Four mutually supportive strategic pillars and related policy priorities would help Kazakhstan continue the structural transformation that stalled during the oil booms, in order to eliminate poverty and build a large and secure middle class: 1. economic management for diversification, to...
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Niger Investing in Human Capital, Agricultural Productivity, and Social Protection for Faster Poverty Reduction : A Poverty Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
Niger earns its foreign exchange mainly from uranium and gold, which has limited domestic economic linkages. Distant second, livestock export also provide important revenue to the country. Overall, most of the labor force is employed in a low productivity and shock prone rainfed agricultural...
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The Status of Women in Lebanon : Assessing Women's Access to Economic Opportunities, Human Capital Accumulation and Agency
World Bank Group - 2021
This report provides an up-to-date, holistic reference on the state of women in Lebanon against the broader perspective of general development outcomes while taking into consideration the multiple crises the country is facing. The report presents a data-driven analysis of three key dimensions of...
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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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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, and demographic changes. It has emerged from the most recent economic crisis stronger than ever and remains committed to its vision of a nation of people armed with the relevant...
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Central African Republic Economic Update, July 2021 : Investing in Human Capital to Protect the Future
World Bank Group - 2021
The economy of the Central African Republic (CAR) decelerated in 2020 compared to 2019. Despite a relatively contained health impact, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on the country's economy, with the disruption in global value chains, low external...
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Malawi Public Expenditure Review 2020 : Strengthening Expenditure for Human Capital
World Bank Group - 2020
This is the second and last module of a programmatic Public Expenditure Review (PER). The programmatic PER is intended to support the Government of Malawi to analyze: 1) fiscal risks and sustainability; and 2) the efficiency and equity of public expenditure, particularly in human development...
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