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Paid maternity leave and female employment : evidence using firm-level survey data for developing countries

Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif - 2019

The relationship between the length of paid maternity leave and the proportion of female workers in the private sector is explored using firm-level survey data for 66 mostly developing countries. The paper finds a large, positive, and statistically significant relationship between the two....

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Does Paternity Leave Matter for Female Employment in Developing Economies? : Evidence from Firm Data

Amin, Mohammad - 2016

For a sample of 53 developing countries, the results show that women's employment among private firms is significantly higher in countries that mandate paternity leave versus those that do not. A conservative estimate suggests an increase of 6.8 percentage points in the proportion of women...

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Diagnostic Study of Barriers for Strengthening Livelihoods of Low-Income Rural Women in Uzbekistan

Romanova, Ekaterina - 2017

indicators is well documented across the world. Hence, to maintain strong economic growth, it is in Uzbekistan's national …

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Revealing the Missing Link : Private Sector Supply-Side Readiness for Primary Maternal Health Services in Indonesia

Yap, Wei Aun - 2017

Every six hours, the death of a woman from the complications of pregnancy serves as the most vexing reminder of Indonesia's challenges with maternal health (MH). This is incommensurate with Indonesia's strong economic development and stature compared with regional peers, especially as MH is a...

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Delivering the Millennium Development Goals to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality : A Systematic Review of Impact Evaluation Evidence

Independent Evaluation Group - 2016

beyond World Bank experience. It is intended to be used a reference for practitioners in the Bank and elsewhere with an …

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The World Bank Group and the global food crisis : an evaluation of the World Bank Group response

World Bank - 2014 - Online-Ausg.

.25 a day, equivalent to 22.4 percent of the developing world population. In addition, the Food and Agriculture Organization … people and the undernourished increased by 63 million in 2008.The World Bank organized rapidly for short-term support in the … for agricultural market participants. This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank Group response in …

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2002 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness : Achieving Development Outcomes: The Millennium Challenge

Carvalho, Soniya - 2003

This is the sixth Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE), covering the year 2002, whose findings indicate that the Bank's country, sector, and global programs are consistent with the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) themes, increasingly focused on poverty reduction. The review...

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Addressing Country-Level Fiscal and Financial Sector Vulnerabilities : An Evaluation of the World Bank Group's Contributions

Independent Evaluation Group - 2021

More than a decade has passed since the global economic and financial crisis rocked the world. A clear lesson that … of the importance of proactively managing vulnerabilities to shocks. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess World …

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The rail freight challenge for emerging economies : how to regain modal share

Aritua, Bernard - 2019

followed by a corresponding increase in freight moved by rail. This report highlights the fact that, in a world of changing …

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Global economic prospects : commodities at the crossroads

2009

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