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While information exists on the process of indigenous migration to urban centers, there is very little systematic data on the current situation of urban indigenous populations in Mexico. This study analyzes the situation of five indigenous ethnic groups in three urban centers of Mexico: (a) the...
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national aggregates mask wide disparities and a persistent 'very high' burden among disadvantaged ethnic minority groups … groups (WB Assessment 2012). The gap between the ethnic majority and minority has persisted despite the multiple government …-nourished population. Deficiencies in nutrition and health, lower levels of education, lack of language skills in the national language …
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While Vietnam has now reached lower middle-income country status, the gaps between the ethnic minority population and … the majority group are evident and widening over time. In addition, ethnic minority groups are different in terms of where … minority groups successfully managed to escape poverty while others have lagged far behind? (3) How have such factors have been …
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This note provides practical guidance to national governments about key priorities for the education sector following a … major disaster or crisis. It specifies a set of considerations and actions to help ensure that the education sector can: (1 …
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's challenges in their access to education, health, and government services. Based on the study's results, international experience …
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The district of Cox's Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh, is an instructive context to understand how long-standing and newer growth opportunities and constraints manifest at the local level, remote from Bangladesh's major growth poles of Dhaka and Chittagong. Potentially exacerbating Cox's...
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The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) reaffirmed the country's commitment to eliminating poverty and promoting shared prosperity and inclusive growth. In this regard, the China systematic country diagnostic (SCD) is supportive of the priorities of the Party Congress....
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Thailand is widely considered progressive among developing and middle-income countriesregarding the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) people. Yet,a growing body of research shows they still experience discrimination, limited job and housingopportunities, and...
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Reforms spurred by accession to the European Union (EU) boosted productivity and integrated Romania into the EU economic space. Gross domestic product per capita rose from 30 percent of the EU average in 1995 to 59 percent in 2016. Today, over 70 percent of the country's exports go to the EU,...
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