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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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Purchasing Power Parities and the Size of World Economies : Results from the 2017 International Comparison Program
World Bank Group (contributor) - World Bank Group - 2020
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the … the world's economies. The report provides ICP results for the benchmark year 2017 and revised results for earlier years …-operation and Development, the United Nations, and the World Bank. Notably, PPPs and ICP data are used in indicators monitoring …
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Benchmarking Public Procurement 2017 : Assessing Public Procurement Regulatory Systems in 180 Economies
World Bank Group - 2016
statistics on the size of public procurement in economies around the world. While data are publicly available for High …-income economies, for the rest of the world, data and studies are scarce. However, public procurement is as important in developing …
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Moving Up the Ladder : Poverty Reduction and Social Mobility in Nepal
World Bank Group - 2016
Nepal is emerging from a series of crippling shocks. Barely recovered from the devastation and loss wreaked by the earthquakes in April 2015, the country experienced a near total economic seizure between September 2015 and January 2016 as cross-border trade with India came to a halt. The...
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The Middle Class in the Philippines : An Exploration of the Conditions for Upward Mobility
World Bank Group - 2020
A decade of rapid economic growth has supported upward mobility and the expansion of the middle class in the Philippines. While the Philippines' record of economic growth has been sound, many East Asian countries have performed better, resulting in higher levels of economic mobility and more...
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Large dams : learning from the past, looking at the future:workshop proceedings, Gland, Switzerland, April 11-12, 1997
Dorcey, Anthony H. J. (contributor) - 1997
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Small Claims : Where Does Serbia Stand? A Comparative Analysis
World Bank Group - 2020
Sector Support in Serbia (MDTF-JSS) and is informed by a broader World Bank initiative to support justice policy dialogue and …
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Indonesia Diagnostic Review of Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy : Volume 2. Comparison with Good Practices
World Bank Group - 2014
This diagnostic study was undertaken by the World Bank in response to a request from Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), the … institutions, private pensions, and credit reporting. This study also informed the design of the World Bank's support program for …
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The Distributional Impact of COVID-19 Fiscal Policies on Households, with Emphasis on Da Nang City
World Bank Group - 2021
programs sufficient Based on the World Bank COVID-19 monitoring surveys, national-level results indicate that cash transfer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817519
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Risks to Poverty, Vulnerability, and Inequality from COVID-19 : Nepal Light Poverty Assessment
World Bank Group - 2021
Nepal made significant progress on poverty and shared prosperity over the period 1996-2010, despite low domestic growth. With consistently high rates of vulnerability and exposure to a range of shocks, the risk of falling back into poverty has remained an enduring feature of the welfare...
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