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Gender Gaps in Ecuador : An Overview
World Bank Group - 2018
This review of gender issues aims to uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify potential policy … recommendations that could help closing them in the coming years. The note is an input to the development of a Gender Action Plan for … the Andean Countries under the Gender Analysis Work Program.The note lays out a descriptive overview of gender gaps in …
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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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Fifth Ethiopia Economic Update : Why So Idle? Wages and Employment in a Crowded Labor Market
World Bank Group - 2016
Strong economic growth continued in 2014-15, but the drought slowed down Ethiopia's growth to 8 percent in 2015-16. Exports have had their worst performance in the last decade and the current account balance remained large. Inflation is remarkable stable given the recent drought and even...
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Georgia Teachers : SABER Country Report 2014
World Bank Group - 2014
Across the globe, the author see increasing interest in attracting, retaining, developing, and motivating great teachers. Student achievement has been found to correlate with economic and social progress. Recent studies have shown that teacher quality is the main school-based predictor of...
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Guyana Teachers : SABER Country Report 2012
World Bank Group - 2012
A new tool, SABER-teachers, aims to help fill this gap by collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, and disseminating comprehensive information on teacher policies in primary and secondary education systems around the world. SABER-Teachers is a core component of SABER (Systems Approach for Better...
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Romania Workforce Development : SABER Country Report 2017
World Bank Group - 2017
Romania has made considerable progress in recent years towards reducing macroeconomic imbalances. Such reductions, together with monetary policies and structural reforms, either implemented or in progress, have contributed to maintaining macroeconomic and financial stability. After the budget...
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Norway Teachers : SABER Country Report 2015
World Bank Group - 2018
All high-performing education systems fulfil these eight teacher policy goals to a certain extent in order to ensure that every classroom has a motivated, supported and competent teacher. These goals were identified through a review of research studies on teacher policies, as well as an analysis...
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Demand for Skills in Albania : An Analysis of the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity Survey
World Bank Group - 2018
This report aims to provide policy makers in Albania with new evidence to inform the design and implementation of public policies on post-secondary education, vocational education and training (VET) system labor market information and intermediation, and labor policies. The STEP Employer Survey...
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Enterprise Skills and Firm Performance in Zambia : Evidence from Structural Equation Modeling of a Skills Demand Model
World Bank Group - 2018
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Skills for Competitiveness : Leveraging Skills for Competitiveness in Europe
World Bank Group - 2018
The global technology and innovation frontier pushes forward at a rapid pace, and countries around the world seek to either keep up, or catch up. Countries at the frontier are forward-looking, have robust economies, are open to investment and technology, and have competitive, well-matched...
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