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Implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya

Chandha, Rupa - 1996

This paper studies the implications of the Uruguay Round for Kenya’s own trade regime and its external trading … environment. The analysis indicates that Kenya did not undertake significant liberalization commitments under the Uruguay Round …. There are however, several effects on Kenya’s external trading environment due to most-favored nation tariff cuts, erosion …

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Tackling legal impediments to women's economic empowerment

Christopherson, Katharine; Yiadom, Audrey; Johnson, … - 2022

It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …

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What is driving women's financial inclusion across countries?

Deléchat, Corinne; Newiak, Monique; Xu, Rui; Yang, Fan; … - 2018

financial inclusion-in general, and for women in particular. We find that structural country characteristics, such as resource …

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Labor market regulations in low-, middle- and high-income countries : a new panel database

Aleksynska, Mariya; Schindler, Martin - 2011

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Labor market reform options to boost employment in South Africa

Duval, Romain; Ji, Yi; Shibata, Ippei - 2021

Raising South Africa's low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP per capita by 50 to 60 percent and reduce income inequality dramatically in the long term. By putting further strain on an already fragile labor market, Covid-19 has raised the...

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Inclusivity in the labor market

ElGanainy, Asmaa Adel; Ernst, Ekkehard; Merola, Rossana; … - 2021

Labor earnings are the dominant income source for most individuals. Thus, an inclusive labor market is key for ensuring inclusive growth. In this paper we propose four principles that an inclusive labor market will embody: access, fairness, protection and voice. While measuring inclusivity...

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Inequality in the Spanish labor market during the COVID-19 crisis

Lariau, Ana; Liu, Lucy Qian - 2022

well as women are the most affected by the COVID-19 shock in terms of job loss rates. The differential impacts were …

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The effectiveness of job-retention schemes : COVID-19 evidence from the German states

Aiyar, Shekhar; Dao, Mai - 2021

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Macroeconomic impact of product and labor market reforms on informality and unemployment in India

Anand, Rahul; Khera, Purva - 2016

This paper investigates the implications of lowering formal regulations in labor and product markets on informality and macroeconomic outcomes in India. We estimate a DSGE model with an informal sector, and rigidities in the formal labor and product markets. Along with increasing GDP and...

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South Africa : labor market dynamics and inequality

Anand, Rahul; Kothari, Siddharth; Kumar, Naresh - 2016

This paper analyzes the determinants of high unemployment in South Africa by studying labor market dynamics using individual level panel data from the Quarterly Labor Force Survey. While prior work experience and gender are found to be important determinants of the job-finding rate, education...

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