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Living Conditions in Grenada : Poverty and Equity Update
World Bank Group - 2021
This poverty and equity report provides updated poverty and inequality statistics from the Grenada Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budget Survey (SLCHBS) conducted between 2018 and 2019 by the Central Statistical Office of Grenada. The SLCHBS 2018-2019 is the third in a series of...
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Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries
World Bank Group - 2021
Adolescent girls are viewed as a key demographic group to target for successfully breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty in developing countries. Unfortunately, for many teenage girls in developing countries, adolescence entails a fleeting transition from childhood to adulthood,...
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Adolescent Pregnancy in the Dominican Republic
World Bank Group - 2020
Over the past several decades, robust economic growth and sustained poverty reduction have made the Dominican Republic (DR) a regional success story, yet the country's adolescent pregnancy rate remains far above the average for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and is closer to the levels...
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Adolescent Girls in Malawi : Introduction and Overview
World Bank Group - 2016
. Poverty and ethnic minority status can further magnify gender discrepancies for youth worldwide, as reductions in household …
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Adolescent Girls in Malawi : Executive Summary
World Bank Group - 2016
. Poverty and ethnic minority status can further magnify gender discrepancies for youth worldwide, as reductions in household …
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Adolescent Girls in Zambia : Executive Summary
World Bank Group - 2015
causing high population growth but also creating a large share of youth dependents, giving way to higher dependency ratios …
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A Second Chance to Develop the Human Capital of Out-of-School Youth and Adults : The Philippines Alternative Learning System
World Bank Group - 2018
, DepEd has operated parallel education systems for youth and adults who did not complete basic formal education. The current …
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Youth as Agents of Peace : Somalia
World Bank Group - 2018
youth in peacebuilding. The report's recommendations postulate a comprehensive understanding of youth, peace, and conflict …
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Understanding the Labor Market Decisions and Outcomes of Nepal's Young Adults
World Bank Group - 2017
aim internationally, as exemplified by the 2030 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals related to youth … employment. Many low-income countries, including Nepal, are in the middle of a youth bulge in their demographic structure. In … addition, today's youth in Nepal are, on average, more educated than past generations. These developments present real …
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A Longitudinal Analysis Linking Test Scores and Later Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Outcomes Among Cambodian Youth
World Bank Group - 2019
In this note, we examine how Cambodian youth's test score performance during lower secondary relates to their success …
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