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Task force: Gewerkschaften, Arbeitsmarktregulierung und Migration in China
Pütten, Jann Christoph von der; Göbel, Christian - Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität … - 2013
der ca. 180 Millionen Wanderarbeiterinnen und Wanderarbeiter in China unterzogen. … unions and the role of collective bargaining for determining wage levels, and addresses the fundamental question if China is … running out of cheap labour. The effect of recent legal changes on China's approximately 180 million migrant workers is also …
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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
Klimczuk, Andrzej - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...
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Guinea; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper on Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers on Guinea explains medium-term development framework to achieve Millennium Development Goals and fulfill the authorities’ vision of Guinea as an emerging economy in 15 to 25 years, respectful of human rights and gender equality and...
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Vietnam: Learning from Smart Reforms on the Road to Universal Health Coverage
Barroy, Helene; Jarawan, Eva; Bales, Sarah - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Universal Health Coverage is a powerful framework for a nation aiming to protect their population against health risks. However, countries face multiple challenges in implementing, achieving and sustaining UHC strategies. Sharing and learning from diverse country experiences may enable to foster...
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Finland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper investigates the possible contribution of activation strategies—in a broad sense—to improve employment rates in Finland. It summarizes recent labor market developments in Finland, and investigates respectively the limitation of current unemployment and...
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Social Sector Reform in Transition Countries
Keller, Christian; Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
During the transition process, many existing social sector institutions and policies were significantly eroded and their underlying character changed. As a result, they often do not redistribute to the poorest, nor generally serve the role of facilitating economic change. Social sector reforms...
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СОВЕРШЕНСТВОВАНИЕ МЕХАНИЗМА СОЦИАЛЬНОГО СТРАХОВАНИЯ В УКРАИНЕ НА ПРИМЕРЕ СТРАН С РАЗВИТОЙ ЭКОНОМИКОЙ...
ДМИТРИЕВНА, ТРЕТЯК ДИАНА - In: Общество: политика, экономика, … (2013) 3, pp. 63-70
Несоответствие отечественной системы социального страхования новым экономическим условиям, несформированность базы и оптимальной системы распределения...
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Reprioritizing Government Spending on Health: Pushing an Elephant Up the Stairs?
Tandon, Ajay; Fleisher, Lisa; Li, Rong; Yap, Wei Aun - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in...
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Republic of Uzbekistan; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper reviews Uzbekistan’s Interim Welfare Improvement Strategy Paper (I-WISP). I-WISP defines the main directions and measures aimed at improving living standards and reducing poverty among the population of Uzbekistan for 2005–10. The strategy is designed to further expand...
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Argentina; Macroeconomic Crisis and Household Vulnerability
Inchauste, Gabriela; Corbacho, Ana; Garcia-Escribano, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Using urban household surveys, we constructed a panel dataset to study the effects of the Argentine macroeconomic crisis of 1999-2002 with the aim of (1) identifying the most vulnerable households, (2) investigating whether employment in the public sector and government spending served to...
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