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Slavery and human trafficking international law and the role of the World Bank

Solla, Perez; Fernanda, Maria - World Bank Group - 2009

This paper reviews the international legal framework applicable to the World Bank and member states on contemporary forms of slavery, in particular, trafficking. The Palermo trafficking protocol is specially analyzed. Moreover, the paper refers to the preventive framework constituted by human...

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Child labor handbook

Cigno, Alessandro; Rosati, Furio C.; Tzannatos, Zafiris - World Bank Group - 2002

This paper surveys many aspects and issues of child labor, including its causes and effects as well as policies associated with it. Child labor has come to be considered an expression of poverty, both a cause and an effect of underdevelopment. Child labor cannot be viewed in isolation from...

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Creating partnerships with working children and youth

Miljeteig, Per - World Bank Group - 2000

If children do not have voice, they cannot be heard. And, if we are to fully understand child labor, working children and youth should speak out on their situation. While in recent years this observation (that it is necessary to include the perspective of working children and youth as well as...

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Child labor, education, and children's rights

Betcherman, Gordon; Fares, Jean; Luinstra, Amy; Prouty, … - World Bank Group - 2004

Child labor is widespread, and bad for development, both that of the individual child, and of the society and economy in which she, or he lives. If allowed to persist to the current extent,child labor will prevent the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals of halving poverty, and...

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Reforme de la fonction publique en Afrique francophone. Actes d'un atelier, Abidjan, 23-26 janvier 1996.

Adamolekun, L.; de Lusignan, G.; Atomate, A. - World Bank Group - 1997

This French edition of the proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Civil Service Reform in francophone Africa is a timely and useful addition to the studies in the field of public sector management. The workshop focused on four main themes: strategies and sequencing of civil service reform;...

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Ghana. Gender Analysis and Policymaking for Development.

Chao, S. - World Bank Group - 1999

A growing body of literature indicates that reducing gender inequalities and increasing women's access to productive resources greatly improves both welfare and economic productivity. Despite recent gains in some areas, significant gender inequalities continue to limit women's capabilities and...

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Competitiveness and Employment. A Framework for Rural Development in Poland

Christensen, G.; Lacroix, R. - World Bank Group - 1997

It is generally accepted, both within Poland and abroad, that structural transformation, modernization and increased market efficiency are key to increase competitiveness and raise farm incomes ina country's rural sector. Parallel investments in physical infrastructure and human capital as the...

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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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