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Mauritius : Earnings Mobility and Inequality of Opportunity in the Labor Market
World Bank Group - 2019
This report sheds light on the extent to which earnings mobility and inequality of opportunity in access to the labor market have contributed to the increase in earnings inequality in Mauritius. Among the most important concerns about rising inequality is a situation where people become trapped...
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Serbia : Human Capital and Jobs
World Bank Group - 2020
Several key policy documents guiding the broader education sector to align with European Union (EU) standards have recently been adopted in Serbia. However, a range of challenges have made it difficult for new policies and the systems they propose to be implemented. The gap between policy...
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Vietnam's Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway
World Bank Group - 2020
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Maximizing the Development Impacts from Temporary Migration : Recommendations for Australia's Seasonal Worker Program
World Bank Group - 2017
locations), and tourism sector (the Northern Australia tourism pilot). This paper assesses the first of these objectives …
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The Social Impacts of Seasonal Migration : Lessons from Australia's Seasonal Worker Program for Pacific Islanders
World Bank Group - 2018
The Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) is a temporary migration scheme between Australia and selected Pacific Island …
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Sustainability Review 2023
World Bank Group - 2024
The 2023 Sustainability Review is a reflection of how the World Bank embodies its core values of impact, integrity, respect, teamwork, and innovation. The Review highlights World Bank activities undertaken in fiscal 2022 and 2023 to manage the environmental, social, and economic impacts of...
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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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China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development; Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned
World Bank Group - 2021
China made impressive progress in developing renewable energy to provide access to clean energy and electricity to its … pollution and mitigating the impact of climate change. Through that journey, China has accumulated a considerable amount of …
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