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Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Internal Migration in Rwanda

World Bank Group - 2017

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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Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Urbanization, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction in Rwanda

World Bank Group - 2017

This note analyzes whether and how the country's rising urbanization levels (measured primarily by population density) are associated with nonfarm job creation and poverty reduction. By focusing on Rwanda's 416 geographic sectors for the decade from 2002 and 2012, the analysis shows that,...

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Skills in Guinea : Supply and Demand

World Bank Group - 2015

In Guinea, the quality of human capital is as crucial for economic success as its vast mineral resources. Improving the quality of education, ensuring the creation of a productive labor with high returns, and, above all, encouraging the creation of private enterprises through a favorable...

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Labor Supply and Demand Projection in Sub-Saharan Africa : Case Study in Cote d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo

World Bank Group - 2021

The objective of this study is to develop a labor supply and demand projection model that can simulate the evolution of both the supply and demand sides of the labor market under varying policy and socioeconomic assumptions and provide a standard customizable methodology that can be applied...

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Enterprise Skills and Firm Performance in Zambia : Evidence from Structural Equation Modeling of a Skills Demand Model

World Bank Group - 2018

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DOES EDUCATION PAY IN THE LABOR MARKET?: THE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, OCCUPATION, AND EARNINGS OF PERUVIAN WOMEN.

KING, E.M. - World Bank Group - 1990

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Balancing Workers' Protection and Labor Market Flexibility in China

World Bank Group - 2021

Across the world, governments use minimum wages, employment protection legislation, and other labor regulations that define the legal boundaries of employment to manage potential labor market imperfections. These imperfections include information asymmetry, uneven market power between employers...

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Climate Risk Country Profile : China

World Bank Group - 2021

-resilient future, helping them to be better prepared to adapt to current and future climate impacts. The People's Republic of China is … coastline. As of 2018 China contained six cities with populations over 10 million …

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At the Front Line : Reflections on the Bank's Work with China over Forty Years, 1980-2020

World Bank Group - 2021

evidence-based advice to China, but China was always in the driver's seat in structuring the relationship and in determining … Conference, at Dalian, then with the China 2020 and China 2030 reports, and the subsequent series of flagships produced jointly … local level through demonstration projects and reform pilots that China studied, adapted, and later scaled. Finally, an …

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China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development; Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned

World Bank Group - 2021

China made impressive progress in developing renewable energy to provide access to clean energy and electricity to its … pollution and mitigating the impact of climate change. Through that journey, China has accumulated a considerable amount of …

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