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protection coverage to mitigate the risks associated with disruptions to labor markets. This companion report to the World Bank …'s World Development Report 2019 concludes with important policy questions that should guide future research, whose findings …
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This paper introduces a new Job Quality Index that measures the quality of jobs in Turkey over the last decade. While the main focus is on wage employment - which in 2016 accounts for nearly 73 percent of all workers - the paper also discusses job quality of the self-employed and unpaid family...
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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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A star is born -- Freeing the world of poverty -- How much farther can we see? -- Where to now? …
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extremes considered highly unusual or unprecedented today would become the new climate normal-a world of increased risks and …, and reducing global inequality will be very challenging in a 2 Degree C world, but in a 4 Degree C world there is serious … felt today and the unavoidable consequences of a rapidly warming world. The benefits of strong, early action on climate …
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Countries regularly track gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of their economic progress, but not wealth-the assets such as infrastructure, forests, minerals, and human capital that produce GDP. In contrast, corporations routinely report on both their income and assets to assess their...
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World Development Indicators (WDI) - the World Bank's compilation of internationally comparable statistics about global …, emphasizing issues considered important by experts in the World Bank's Global Practices and Cross Cutting Solution Areas …
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