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Ethiopia Economic Update 7 : Special Topic - Poverty and Household Welfare in Ethiopia, 2011-16

World Bank Group - 2019

Ethiopia's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth, while still strong, decelerated to 7.7 percent in FY2018. A slowdown in industrial growth, mainly driven by lower growth in construction due to foreign exchange shortages and higher prices of imported construction materials, coupled with...

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Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries

World Bank Group - 2021

Adolescent girls are viewed as a key demographic group to target for successfully breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty in developing countries. Unfortunately, for many teenage girls in developing countries, adolescence entails a fleeting transition from childhood to adulthood,...

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Adolescent Pregnancy in the Dominican Republic

World Bank Group - 2020

Over the past several decades, robust economic growth and sustained poverty reduction have made the Dominican Republic (DR) a regional success story, yet the country's adolescent pregnancy rate remains far above the average for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and is closer to the levels...

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Adolescent Girls in Malawi : Introduction and Overview

World Bank Group - 2016

. Poverty and ethnic minority status can further magnify gender discrepancies for youth worldwide, as reductions in household …

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Adolescent Girls in Malawi : Executive Summary

World Bank Group - 2016

. Poverty and ethnic minority status can further magnify gender discrepancies for youth worldwide, as reductions in household …

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Adolescent Girls in Zambia : Executive Summary

World Bank Group - 2015

causing high population growth but also creating a large share of youth dependents, giving way to higher dependency ratios …

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A Second Chance to Develop the Human Capital of Out-of-School Youth and Adults : The Philippines Alternative Learning System

World Bank Group - 2018

, DepEd has operated parallel education systems for youth and adults who did not complete basic formal education. The current …

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Youth as Agents of Peace : Somalia

World Bank Group - 2018

youth in peacebuilding. The report's recommendations postulate a comprehensive understanding of youth, peace, and conflict …

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Understanding the Labor Market Decisions and Outcomes of Nepal's Young Adults

World Bank Group - 2017

aim internationally, as exemplified by the 2030 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals related to youth … employment. Many low-income countries, including Nepal, are in the middle of a youth bulge in their demographic structure. In … addition, today's youth in Nepal are, on average, more educated than past generations. These developments present real …

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A Longitudinal Analysis Linking Test Scores and Later Cognitive and Socio-Emotional Outcomes Among Cambodian Youth

World Bank Group - 2019

In this note, we examine how Cambodian youth's test score performance during lower secondary relates to their success …

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