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This paper is the first joint country study conducted by the United Nations and the World Bank aimed at translating into practice the principles of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2250, through direct and local engagement with young people and their communities in one of...
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Bhutan maintained solid growth and macroeconomic stability during 2016/17. The national poverty headcount rate fell from 12 percent in 2012 to 8 percent in 2017. However, the job challenges remained unaddressed. the youth unemployment rate increased from 10.7 percent in 2015 to 13.2 percent in...
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The analysis presented in this study points to persistent and high numbers in Georgia and Armenia of youth who are jobless and/or economically inactive and with limited access to learning and/or training opportunities, and these figures are among the highest in the ECA region. As many as 31...
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Demand-driven training (DDT) and results-based contracting (RBC) are two mechanisms used to enhance the effectiveness and impact of skill training programs. DDT links skills development explicitly with the job market, typically through employer engagement. Private sector employers define what...
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The Kenya Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) aims to identify the impact of climate change on Kenya … back Kenya's aspiration of being an upper-middle-income country and reducing poverty in the next decade. In a business ….25 percent by 2050 compared to the baseline. Climate impacts Kenya's human, natural and physical capital and the impacts vary by …
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The Country Opinion Survey in Kenya assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in … Kenya perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral …/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil society in Kenya on 1) their views regarding the general environment …
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least ten of the other SDGs. This assessment of Kenya's ID system was undertaken under the umbrella of the World Bank … also financing the Kenya Transparency and Communications Infrastructure (KTCIP) project to scale up digital inclusion and e … Kenya May 18-28. Its broad objective was to better understand the nature and capabilities of Kenya's ID system, its role in …
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Shifting Kenya's private sector into higher gear: a trade and competitiveness agenda' was born out of the World Bank …'s Trade and Competitiveness (T&C) Global Practice recent stock taking of its work in Kenya. This was part of a Programmatic … Approach that aimed to organize T&C's knowledge, advisory, and convening services to address Kenya's development challenges in …
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In 2014, Kenya's Ministry of Industrialization requested technical assistance from the World Bank to conduct …, furniture, and leather and leather products. In the context of Kenya's long-term vision to become an industrialized middle … challenges and opportunities, what are the most are promising leather products that Kenya should focus on moving forward, and how …
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At the request of the government of Kenya and under its guidance, a team of national and international experts … conducted an appraisal of different agricultural insurance options for Kenya.This appraisal, as set out in this document and the … Kenya, the fiscal cost to the government of Kenya, and the economic benefits for farmers and pastoralists. In order for it …
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