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How Do Women Fare in Rural Non-Farm Economy?

Fuje, Habtamu - 2017

This paper studies the gender-based differences in access to and return from economic activities in the rural non-farm economy (RNFE) using panel datasets from Uganda and Ethiopia. The results show that female-headed households have limited access to paid employment and self-employment in the...

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Mitigating Drought Impacts in Drylands : Quantifying the Potential for Strengthening Crop- and Livestock-Based Livelihoods

Carfagna, Federica - 2018

Drylands account for three-quarters of Sub-Saharan Africa's cropland, two-thirds of cereal production, and four-fifths of livestock holdings. Today frequent and severe shocks, especially droughts, limit the livelihood opportunities available to millions of households and undermine efforts to...

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Support to Rural Sanitation Scale Up Under the Philippine National Sustainable Sanitation Plan

World Bank - 2015

This report summarizes the results and lessons learned from the Technical Assistance (TA) Support to Rural Sanitation Scale Up under the Philippine National Sustainable Sanitation Plan. The TA was carried out by the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program from July 2012 to March 2016, and is...

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Impact of free trade agreement use on import prices

Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Nuttawut Laksanapanyakul; Mukunoki, … - 2018

This paper examines the impact of free trade agreement (FTA) use on import prices. For this analysis, it employs establishment-level import data with information on tariff schemes, that is, the FTA and most-favored-nation schemes used for importing. Unlike previous studies, this paper estimates...

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Thailand Economic Monitor, June 2016 : Aging Society and Economy

Ariyapruchya, Kiatipong - 2016

help Thailand weather shocks …

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Qualitative Assessment of Health Equity among the Elderly People in Thailand : Utilization and Financial Protection

World Bank Group - 2015

Thailand has succeeded in expanding coverage of publicly-funded and publicly-managed health insurance schemes …, following the introduction of universal health coverage policy in 2001. While Thailand's achievement of universal health … financial protection. A recent study by Thailand's health insurance system research office (HISRO) shows that utilization of …

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Economic Inclusion of LGBTI Groups in Thailand

World Bank Group - 2018

Thailand is widely considered progressive among developing and middle-income countriesregarding the inclusion of … orientation and gender identity (SOGI) in Thailand is qualitative in nature. A new study led by the World Bank, in partnership … quantitative data on economic and financial outcomes for a large, statistically significant sample of LGBTI people in Thailand …

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Thailand Economic Monitor, April 2018 : Beyond the Innovation Paradox

World Bank Group - 2018

recovery in advanced economies and emerging markets and developing economies. Thailand has continued to make progress in … reducing poverty. Thailand's economic recovery is expected to accelerate in 2018, with growth projected at 4.1 percent, driven … by external demand and private consumption. Thailand is an example of an emerging market facing the innovation paradox …

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Thailand Economic Monitor, August 2017 : Digital Transformation

Ariyapruchya, Kiatipong - 2017

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Thailand Economic Monitor, January 2019 : Inequality, Opportunity and Human Capital

World Bank Group - 2019

The outlook for the global economy has darkened amid elevated trade tensions. International trade and investment are moderating, trade tensions remain elevated, and financing conditions are tightening. Global growth is projected to moderate from a downwardly revised 3 percent in 2018 to 2.9...

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