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Competitiveness and Employment. A Framework for Rural Development in Poland
Christensen, G.; Lacroix, R. - World Bank Group - 1997
unemplyment and poverty would allow to reap the fruits of these policy and institutional changes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669726
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Le secteur informel et les institutions de microfinancement en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Webster, L-M; Fidler, P - World Bank Group - 1996
La forte croissance demographique, les compressions budgetaires et l'exode rural ont entraine une augmentation de la demande d'emplois en Afrique de l'Ouest. Cette demande ne peut pas etre satisfaite par les entreprises du secteur structure, et le secteur informel a absorbe une part considerable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639133
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Constructing an Indicator of Consumption for the Analysis of Poverty. Principles and Illustrations with Reference to Ecuador.
Hentschel, J.; Lanjouw, P. - World Bank Group - 1996
This paper is concerned with the derivation of a welfare indicator for households from consumption data. It examines …, illustrating with reference to data for ecuador, several of the steps involved in contructing consumption aggregates and highlights …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661398
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LAC Poverty and Labor Brief, June 2015 : Working to End Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: Workers, Jobs, and Wages
World Bank Group - 2015
While LAC continues its progress towards becoming a middle-class region, in 2013 poverty reduction was slower than in … financial crisis. Driving the lower gains in shared prosperity and poverty reduction is the region's slowing economic growth … crucial role of labor earnings in poverty and inequality reduction, this report analyzes more deeply LAC's labor markets and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014381673
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Sector Investment Programs in Africa: Issues and Experiences.
Jones, S.P. - World Bank Group - 1997
Sector Investment Programs (SIPs) are an important initiative for addressing several weaknesses of development aid practice. A SIP is an integrated program comprising a strategy for the sector, a government expenditure program, a management framework providing for common implementation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486397
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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;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486406
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Ghana. Gender Analysis and Policymaking for Development.
Chao, S. - World Bank Group - 1999
constraints, focusing on two broad areas: the links between gender, economic productivity and poverty, and the development of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005638661
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Monitoring Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugees in Uganda : Results from the High-Frequency Phone - Third Round
World Bank Group - 2021
The High-Frequency Phone Survey for refugees in Uganda (URHFPS) tracked the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 … (coronavirus) crisis on refugees throughout three rounds. The World Bank (WB) in collaboration with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics … (UBOS) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched and conducted the URHFPS. The URHFPS tracked …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603663
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An Assessment of Uganda's Progressive Approach to Refugee Management
World Bank Group - 2016
Refugees in Uganda are either self-settled or live in organized settlements that cover approximately 350 square miles … of land set aside by the government of Uganda. Many refugees, especially in the northern districts, are in protracted … Uganda and even if one parent is Ugandan. Some refugees have the option of returning to their country of origin, and some can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012644354