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Uganda Economic Update, 10th Edition, December 2017 : Accelerating Uganda's Development, Ending Child Marriage, Educating Girls
World Bank Group - 2017
Following decades of sustained economic growth during which Uganda made dramatic progresstowards poverty reduction, the country has recently experienced a period of economic growthslow down. To return to higher rates of economic growth and poverty reduction, the Government mustaddress...
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15 Ways to Support Young Children and Their Families in the COVID-19 Response
World Bank Group - 2020
As the global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic continues to unfold, young children will be especially vulnerable. World … messages : The early years are a critical period to build human capital. Young children are disproportionately at risk and must … be prioritized in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) responses. We will reach young children by supporting parents and caregivers …
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A Country on the Move : Domestic Migration in Two Regions of Myanmar
World Bank Group - 2016
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Reshaping Urbanization in Rwanda : Internal Migration in Rwanda
World Bank Group - 2017
The objective of this report is to inform the government's policies and strategies on urbanization as a driver of economic development, job creation, and poverty reduction. Note two examines internal migration in Rwanda, which is a recent phenomenon and remains fairly limited, with less than 10...
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Regional Partnership Framework : For Kiribati, Republic of Nauru, Republic of The Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Samoa, K...
World Bank Group - 2017
This Regional Partnership Framework (RPF) outlines the World Bank Group (WBG) strategic program for nine Pacific island countries (PIC9): Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Republic of Nauru, Republic of Palau, Independent State of Samoa,...
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Evidence and Policy Impact AnalysisPoverty, Forest Dependence and Migration in the Forest Communities of Turkey
World Bank Group - 2017
This paper is part of an ongoing collaboration between the World Bank and the General Directorate of Forestry (GDF) in Turkey. In 2013, the GDF requested that the World Bank help update their 5-year Forest Sector Strategy (2017-2021), and together they developed a Forest Policy Note (FPN) which...
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Dominican Republic : Climate Migrants
World Bank Group - 2024
The Dominican Republic (DR) is vulnerable to climate change and has a high rate of natural degradation. The DR shows evidence of significant human mobility flows of (i) internal migration, mainly rural to urban; and (ii) international cross-border migration, especially from Haiti. Given this...
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Migration pressures and immigration policies : new evidence on the selection of migrants
Avato, Johanna - World Bank Group - 2009
This paper aims to better understand emigration pressures in migrant sending countries by looking at the determinants of the propensity to migrate at the individual level. The analysis is based on survey data from Albania, Moldova, Egypt and Tunisia collected by the European Training Foundation...
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Definitions, good practices, and global estimates on the status of social protection for international migrants
Avato, Johanna; Koettl, Johannes; Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel - World Bank Group - 2009
This paper analyzes the issue of social protection for migrants by looking at formal and informal social protection provisions. In particular, it presents the latest global data on the social protection status on migrants, including undocumented migrants. The paper gives special attention to...
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Aging and demographic change in European societies : main trends and alternative policy options
Muenz, Rainer - World Bank Group - 2007
This paper gives an overview on current demographic trends and projected population change in Europe and neighboring regions. The main focus of the analysis is on Western and Central Europe. Today this world region has a total population of 500 million. Available forecasts until the year 2050...
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