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The global sanitation workforce bridges the gap between sanitation infrastructure and the provision of sanitation services. Sanitation workers provide an essential public service but often at the cost of their dignity, safety, health, and living conditions. They are some of the most vulnerable...

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Informality, Job Quality, and Welfare in Sri Lanka

World Bank Group - 2020

Informal employment remains a salient and persistent feature of the Sri Lanka labor market, with around 70 percent of …, productivity and public finance. This report focuses on the poverty and vulnerability aspect of informal employment, by showing … that of formal jobs. Informal workers have more precarious employment arrangements and inferior working conditions. Their …

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Western Balkans Social Protection Situational Analyses : Kosovo

World Bank Group - 2022

promoting employment and protecting those vulnerable to shocks. A strong social protection system can play an important role in … pensions; Section 7 explores employment and active labor market programs; Section 8 reviews the social protection response to …

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The Western Balkans : Revving Up the Engines of Growth and Prosperity

World Bank Group - 2017

The Yugo, a communist-era car from the former Yugoslavia, was widely ridiculed for shedding its parts on roads across Europe and the United States. Zastava, which made Yugo, fared even worse than its product. After the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, the factory was reduced to producing only...

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Croatia's EU Accession : Case Studies on Reform and the Transposition of the Community Acquis

World Bank Group - 2016

Croatia, a founding member of the former Republic of Yugoslavia and a current member of the European Union (EU), is a high-income country in Europe and Central Asia. Given that high quality financial reporting promotes good corporate governance, reduces uncertainty and risk, can help to lower...

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Supporting the Effective Reintegration of Roma Returnees in the Western Balkans

World Bank Group - 2019

The European Commission's Directorate General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations approached the World Bank to develop an evidence base and to deliver policy advice and technical assistance for supporting the effective reintegration of (Roma) returnees in the Western Balkans: Albania,...

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Western Balkans Regular Economic Report, No. 16, Fall 2019 : Rising Uncertainties

World Bank Group - 2019

Improving the efficiency and equity of public spending and strengthening revenue mobilization remains a priority in all Western Balkan countries. Public sector wage bills and pensions constitute the largest share of public spending in the region. Tighter controls on wage bills, reducing tax...

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Regional Note on Air Quality Management in the Western Balkans : Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and North Macedonia

World Bank Group - 2020

Ambient air pollution (AAP) is a serious global health problem that accounts for an estimated 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide per year. People in Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans are frequently exposed to air pollution levels above those considered safe, particularly in the winter....

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Financially Prepared : The Case for Pre-positioned Finance in European Union Member States and Countries under EU Civil Protection Mechanism

World Bank Group - 2024

This report was developed as part of the technical assistance program 'Phase 2 - Economics of Prevention and Preparedness (EDPP) in European Union (EU) Member States (MS) and Countries under EU Civil Protection Mechanism' (UCPM). The report has been prepared for the Directorate-General for...

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An Assessment of Employment in Niger

World Bank Group - 2017

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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