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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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Promoting Women Entrepreneurs in Mexico Report

World Bank Group - 2021

This report presents the results of various experimental studies that try to address, from different perspectives, the challenges of supporting the growth and profitability of women entrepreneurs. In Mexico, women tend to be overrepresented in the category of microentrepreneurs, who often have...

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Breaking Barriers : Female Entrepreneurs Who Cross Over to Male-Dominated Sectors

World Bank Group - 2022

The report focuses on sectoral choice as one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm performance. It explores the difference in profits among female entrepreneurs who cross over into male-dominated sectors (MDS) compared to those who remain in traditionally female-concentrated sectors...

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Ukraine Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2017

This report is one of four analytical pieces on Ukraine's innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem developed by the World Bank's Ukraine Technical Assistance on Innovation, supported by the Swedish Ukraine Financial and Enterprise Sector Recovery and Growth Trust Fund. This report assesses the...

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The Untapped Potential of Mauritania's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem : Lessons from the Entrepreneur's Marathon

World Bank Group - 2019

international businesses, as well as the donor community, entrepreneurship is beginning to emerge as a crucial element in any … strategy to address Mauritania's greatest challenges: socio-economic inclusion, poverty reduction, youth employment, economic …

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Connecting Green Technology Entrepreneurs : Implications for Public Program Design

World Bank Group - 2016

In face of growing concern related to climate change, green technology entrepreneurs are critically needed to develop the businesses and ideas behind climate mitigation in developing countries - but they frequently collide with challenges endemic to such environments. The purpose of this study...

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Igniting Climate Entrepreneurship in Morocco : Findings from the Climate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2017

Cluster Solaire's and the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN), undertook a climate entrepreneurship ecosystem … diagnostic in Morocco. The purpose was to shed light on the complexities of the country's climate entrepreneurship ecosystem. The …-growth, green entrepreneurship and innovation activity. At the same, this report also aims to increase the awareness of and support …

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Promoting Innovative Entrepreneurship in Viet Nam : An Ecosystem Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2023

This report provides a diagnostic of Viet Nam's entrepreneurship ecosystem and details a set of targeted … recommendations for improving conditions for innovative entrepreneurship in the country. The diagnostic consists of four components: 1 … conditions. The report finds that the overall quality and the level of public support for entrepreneurship is low; founders have …

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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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