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This paper introduces the new Tax Treaties Explorer dataset, developed with support from the World Bank and the G-24, and illustrates its use for research by tax treaty negotiators, policy makers, and researchers. The new dataset provides a rich source of data to reexamine existing tax treaty...
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Namibia should be congratulated on their forward looking and energetic public sector because of the strategic vision of the leadership, as could be observed in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI). MHAI is responsible for the technical and organizational infrastructureused to...
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This gender assessment has been prepared as an input for the preparation of the World Bank's Country Partnership …
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Gender gaps in Togo cut across many dimensions. Inequality starts in childhood, when girls are disadvantaged in access … to schooling because of prevalent social norms and gender roles. It continues into adolescence, when a larger share of …, adolescent pregnancy, and time use patterns shaped by gender norms. In adolescence and adulthood, women face the constraints of …
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Achieving inclusive growth and maximizing poverty reduction in the Dominican Republic requires closing existing gender … gaps: from early childhood to working age, and further still into old age. Using a lifecycle approach, this gender …
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grant, Strengthening Capacity for Prevention and Response to Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence in Georgia (GBV). The goal of … conflict and Gender-based Violence (GBV). The Global Initiative, financed by the SPF, includes pilot projects across East Asia … as recent steps taken by the Government of Georgia on gender action and GBV response. Given conflicts in Abkhazia and …
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Gender equality is a core development objective in its own right, and it is also smart economics. Greater gender … Bank 2011).For example, gender gaps in the Romanian labor market may be harming aggregate productivity due to inefficient …
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-state justice institutions, as can be the case for mullahs. This study looks at the gender dynamics of access to justice services in … and program designers with quantitative evidence to devise approaches that address gender-based inequities in women …
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Gender equality is a core development objective in its own right, and it is also a smartdevelopment policy. Gender … Country Gender Profile' seeks to identifywhere progress has been achieved in terms of increasing opportunities for women and … men inBelarus since that last assessment and where further policy action is required. As such, itunderstands gender …
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Do women in Jordan want to work? How do men feel about working women in their family? To what extent do personal beliefs and societal expectations influence a woman's decision to work and why should this matter in development interventions? The Jordanian government and development partners have...
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