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The Women Economic Empowerment report outlines the factors contributing to the persistently low economic participation of Egyptian women and to identify "gender smart" policies and solutions to boost economic growth while at the same time, narrowing relevant gender gaps. The study provides the...
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This paper aims to answer two important questions: how traditional CDD livelihood projects can adjust or adopt practices to strengthen women's economic empowerment outcomes, and how government and other development actors can employ an ecosystem approach to develop coordinated and sustainable...
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Trade can dramatically improve women's lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women's bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work in low-skilled employment. Given the complexity and specificity of the relationship between...
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designs. While World Bank projects are fairly effective at providing women and girls with the resources they need to reach …
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impact all traders similarly. Studies by the World Bank, for example, found that men and women traders often face different …- specific associations. This study in Tajikistan explored a range of topics, primarily within the scope of the World Trade … crossings in the country. The work was built upon a similar methodology developed and used in other surveys by the World Bank …
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. Growth in agriculture has been sustained through the cash crops sector, which is relatively better than the food crop sector …
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will need to undergo a transformation. While the contribution of Indonesia's agriculture sector to national gross domestic ….7 million hectares, or about 25 percent of the total land area of these islands (World Bank 2018). Indonesia has the largest … freshwater swamp forest with their specific flora and fauna. Despite the significance of lowland agriculture for the achievement …
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, and extreme temperatures occurring more frequently. In response, the Government of Lesotho is collaborating with the World … Bank to integrate climate change into the country's agriculture policy agenda through the Lesotho Climate-Smart Agriculture …
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Agriculture and the rural space will continue to demand the attention of policy makers in Bolivia for several reasons …, even as urbanization gains momentum. First, agriculture is a proven engine of economic growth. Aside from showing its … strength in decades past, in recent years agriculture shielded the Bolivian economy from the worst effects of the decline in …
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of greening agriculture support on farm efficiency are assessed and discussed …
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