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Recognizing that this agenda spans virtually all of the World Bank's policy areas, this brief focuses on policies under the purview of the World Bank's Social Protection and Jobs (SPJ) agenda, especially those related to employment and skills development. Within the Bank, the productive...
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To achieve high-income status by 2045, Vietnam must accelerate regulatory reforms to boost productivity. Vietnam … high-income status requires accelerating productivity growth. Firm-level analysis points to misallocation as a critical … constraint to productivity growth in Viet Nam. Regulatory reforms can create favorable conditions for reallocating resources from …
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COVID-19 has devastated the ASEAN region, threatening two decades of human and economic development gains. With a population of more than 600 million, the region has reported more than 13 million COVID-19 cases as of October 2021, with Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Thailand leading...
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key drivers of gender gaps in agriculture productivity in Nigeria: women use fewer inputs and have limited participation … use, extension services, and labor productivity; (iii) examine women's participation and inputs use against budget … gender productivity gaps in Nigeria …
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small firms. Measures to boost the productivity of micro and small firms in general will both help overall economic growth …
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productivity of small informal firms. Using data from firm surveys, national household surveys, and qualitative data from focus … groups, the study conducts a gender analysis of formality and productivity in six different sectors in Bolivia. The findings … productivity and scale of women-owned businesses. Two general priorities emerge: promoting women's access to productive assets to …
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