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Effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving women's employability and quality of work : a critical review
Todd, Petra E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012
This paper examines the effectiveness of a variety of policy interventions that have been tried in developing and transition economies with the goal of improving women's employability and quality of work. The programs include active labor market programs, education and training programs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829501
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Fifteen years of inequality in Latin America : how have labor markets helped ?
Azevedo, Joao Pedro; Davalos, Maria Eugenia; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Household income inequality has declined in Latin America in the past decades, contributing significantly to poverty … these inequality trends, few studies have analyzed more closely the labor market dynamics that have led to a decline in … total income inequality in some countries, but also to an increase in others. Using household survey data for a sample of 15 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629101
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Declining inequality in Latin America in the 2000s : the cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico
Lustig, Nora; Lopez-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012
statistically significant and robust to changes in the time interval, inequality measures, and data sources. In-depth country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829738
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Subjective wellbeing in Colombia : some insights on vulnerability, job security, and relative incomes
Krauss, Alexander; Graham, Carol - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
A burgeoning literature explores the extent to which consumption or income inadequately reflect people's subjective wellbeing, just as GDP at times can provide an incomplete and misleading picture of national wellbeing. Scholars are increasingly using data on subjective wellbeing to complement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010829408
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Building social protection and labor systems : concepts and operational implications
Robalino, David A.; Rawlings, Laura; Walker, Ian - World Bank Group - 2012
This paper presents a framework for designing and implementing social protection and labor (SP&L) systems in middle and low income countries. Although the term'system'is used to describe a country's set of social protection programs, these tend to operate independently with little or no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010538770
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Improving access to jobs and earnings opportunities : the role of activation and graduation policies in developing countries
Almeida, Rita; Arbelaez, Juliana; Honorati, Maddalena; … - World Bank Group - 2012
Throughout the developing world there is a growing demand for advice on the design of policies to facilitate access of the most vulnerable individuals to jobs, while reducing their dependency from public income support schemes. Even though these policies are common to both the activation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010828436
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Non-public provision of active labor market programs in Arab- Mediterranean countries : an inventory of youth programs
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Semlali, Amina; Brodmann, Stefanie - World Bank Group - 2010
This note presents and analyzes the main design features of an inventory of non-publicly provided Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) in Arab-Mediterranean Countries (AMCs), with a specific focus on programs targeted at youth. Despite considerable international evidence, there is little...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676636
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Towards comprehensive training
Fares, Jean; Puerto, Olga Susana - World Bank Group - 2009
Training programs are the most common active labor market interventions around the world. Whether designed to develop skills of young job seekers or upgrading skills of adult workers, training programs are aimed at counteracting employability barriers that hinder the integration of people into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676853
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Global redistribution of income
Bourguignon, Francois; Levin, Victoria; Rosenblatt, David - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2006
inequality faced by most countries. The question studied in this paper is: How do international policies on aid, trade, and … terms of changes in standard inequality measures, it is of some importance for the lowest decile of the world's income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133540
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Global poverty and inequality : a review of the evidence
Ferreira, Francisco H.G.; Ravallion, Martin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
, this paper reviews the evidence on levels and recent trends in global poverty and income inequality. It documents the … negative correlations between both poverty and inequality indices, on the one hand, and mean income per capita on the other. It … global inequality in the last decades is also described, with special emphasis on the different trends of inequality within …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005133698