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Nepal's recent transition to a federal state structure provides a historic juncture to realize the role that social protection can play in achieving the constitutional goals of equity, inclusion, and prosperity. The transition to a federal structure of governance and the promulgation of a new...
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The report focuses on the social safety net, particularly cash and in-kind transfers. The safety net can play an important role in addressing poverty and vulnerability; however, the process by which the safety nets have been developed in Swaziland has produced a fragmented system that leaves...
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This report presents the results of a diagnostic study on the targeting of social protection programs in Uzbekistan with a specific focus on low-income family allowances. The objective is to determine the extent to which current programs are reaching the poor and can reduce poverty, and...
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This report profiles poverty and assesses the performance of the social assistance (SA) system in the Turkish Cypriot community (TCc). The aim of this report is to provide information and evidence-based analysis to policy-makers on the determinants of poverty in the TCc and on the effectiveness...
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The Economic Monitor examines four possible factors behind Tunisia's slow recovery. First, the drop in mobility related … to the pandemic may have been more harmful in Tunisia. However, mobility in Tunisia has dropped to a similar extent as … July. If anything, the mobility drop in Tunisia has resulted in a lower reduction in economic activity than in comparator …
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regional peers, Tunisia experienced a sharper contraction than others, having entered the crisis while already experiencing …
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Tunisia has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An … strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Tunisia decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools …
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In recent decades, Tunisia has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and increasing access to water supply …, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. More than 4 million people in Tunisia have gained access to improved sanitation between … 1990 and 2015, and 4 million have gained access to water. This is a significant accomplishment, considering that Tunisia is …
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Tunisia faces the challenge of improving the quality of its public spending and maintaining fiscal sustainability … following a decade of weak economic performance. It is critical for Tunisia to strengthen the quality of infrastructure and … to identify structural policy options to help Tunisia tackle its economic and social challenges through more effective …
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Tunisia is expected to enter a recession in 2020 as a result of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the slowdown in … agricultural growth. The World Bank estimates that Tunisia's potential GDP growth has dropped by 2 to 2.5 percentage points in the … COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate Tunisia's growth challenges in the short and possibly medium term. A Government of Tunisia …
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