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Until recently, transport planning and design were regarded as gender neutral that is, they were assumed to benefit men and women equally. There is now increasing recognition that women experience mobility differently from men. This policy note, strives to improve our understanding of the...
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies have been a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic landscape. Average growthin the GCC surpassed 7 percent in 2022 led by Saudi Arabia, its biggest economy, which was globally the fastest growing large economy. This growth was not just a result...
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Do women in Jordan want to work? How do men feel about working women in their family? To what extent do personal beliefs and societal expectations influence a woman's decision to work and why should this matter in development interventions? The Jordanian government and development partners have...
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This report: (i) explains economic and legal implications of current job restrictions to women for Azerbaijan, (ii) provides compelling arguments to move away from a job-title centric form of restricting and protecting women to an exposure focused rationale, and provides other country examples...
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This is a semi-annual report series on recent economic developments and economic policies in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia). The report looks at the economic performance and outlook for the Western Balkans region and specific...
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employment. Many low-income countries, including Nepal, are in the middle of a youth bulge in their demographic structure. In … opportunities for the country. Nepal also faces risks from failing to provide sufficient, appropriate employment which is productive …
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employment. This new analysis was possible by applying the growth decomposition tool to new data disaggregated by sectors of the … economy and new data on constraints to productivity and employment growth generated by the three enterprise surveys conducted …
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As many developing countries around the world, Ethiopia is faced with the challenge of generating employment for a … structure of the country, the nature of work, and labor mobility and the growth of town and cities. This jobs and employment … study focus on employment dynamics in Ethiopia between 1999 and 2016. Using data from a variety of sources, mainly the labor …
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employment structures in Niger; 2) Chapter two discusses employment dynamics and transitions; 3) Chapter three has the analysis … of agricultural employment; 4) Chapter four looks at non-agricultural household enterprises; and 5) Chapter five …
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Strong economic growth continued in 2014-15, but the drought slowed down Ethiopia's growth to 8 percent in 2015-16. Exports have had their worst performance in the last decade and the current account balance remained large. Inflation is remarkable stable given the recent drought and even...
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