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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 report is organized in four chapters. Chapter1 describes trends in growth, productivity, demography, employment, and living standards to inform the analysis of labor supply and labor demand carried out in the chapters that follow. The chapter starts by depicting aggregate trends in economic...
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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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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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