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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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Everyone's miracle? : Revisiting poverty and inequality in East Asia
Ahuja, Vinod (contributor) - 1997
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Resilient Industries in Japan : Lessons Learned on Enhancing Competitive Industries in the Face of Disasters Caused by Natural Hazards
World Bank Group - 2020
supply chain: even distant disasters can bring local industrial production to a halt. For example, the Great East Japan … Earthquake (GEJE) ultimately affected more than 5,000 of the 30,000 parts used in General Motors vehicles, even though Japan was … considered only a minor supplier for the Detroit-based company (Sheffi 2018). The objective of this case study on Japan is to …
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Women and Trade : The Role of Trade in Promoting Gender Equality
World Bank Group - 2020
's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the …
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Opening for Business : Myanmar Diagnostic Trade Integration Study
World Bank Group - 2016
As part of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) program for Trade-Related Assistance to Least Developed Countries (LCDs), which Myanmar joined in April 2013, the Government of Myanmar has asked the World Bank Group (WBG) to be the implementing agency for a Diagnostic Trade Integration Study...
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Gender Dimensions of Cross-Border Trade in Tajikistan
World Bank Group - 2023
This report summarizes the main challenges that men- and women-led companies (also referred to as traders or trade firms) and customs brokers face in undertaking cross-border trade of merchandise goods in the Republic of Tajikistan. The report also provides recommendations to address these...
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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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Gender Gaps in Ecuador : An Overview
World Bank Group - 2018
participation and unemployment, the quality of employment, earnings, entrepreneurship and access to finance.The review presented …
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Gulf Economic Update, Fall 2023 : Structural Reforms and Shifting Social Norms to Increase Women's Labor Force Participation
World Bank Group - 2024
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies have been a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic landscape. Average growthin the GCC surpassed 7 percent in 2022 led by Saudi Arabia, its biggest economy, which was globally the fastest growing large economy. This growth was not just a result...
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Western Balkans Regular Economic Report No. 12, Fall 2017 : Job Creation Picks Up
World Bank Group - 2017
This is a semi-annual report series on recent economic developments and economic policies in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia). The report looks at the economic performance and outlook for the Western Balkans region and specific...
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