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Jobs for All - Unlocking Inclusive Growth in Kenya : Kenya Jobs Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2024

, and social unrest. This jobs diagnostic first analyses the employment situation in Kenya, where the majority of the … population works in the agriculture and services sectors. Agriculture has the lowest quality of employment. There is large … heterogeneity in the quality of employment within the services sectors, with the education, health, and social security subsector …

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Global Economic Prospects, January 2020 : Slow Growth, Policy Challenges

World Bank Group - 2020

Global growth is projected to be slightly faster in 2020 than the post-crisis low registered last year. While growth could be stronger if reduced trade tensions lead to a sustained reduction in uncertainty, the balance of risks to the outlook is to the downside. Growth in emerging market and...

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Pakistan Development Update, April 2016 : From Stability to Prosperity

World Bank Group - 2016

South Asia emerged as the fastest growing region in the world in 2015, posting GDP growth of 7 percent. Weak oil and commodity prices, slowing capital flows and shrinking global trade contributed towards a deceleration of growth in most of the world's economies. South Asia - as a net importer of...

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India Development Update, March 2018 : India's Growth Story

World Bank Group - 2018

India has achieved much in the last 25 years. Since the early 1990s, when reforms began, growthrates have been higher and more stable, the economy has become more modern and globally integrated,macroeconomic stability has improved, and the average citizen is better educated and lives longer. In...

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Republic of Guinea Overcoming Growth Stagnation to Reduce Poverty : Systematic Country Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2018

Guinea is a country with a rich historical legacy, abundant natural resources, a privileged geographical location - and a rapidly growing population. A successful political transition and the emergence of a vibrant civil society have helped to ensure ethnic peace and the absence of civil wars in...

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From Uneven Growth to Inclusive Development : Romania's Path to Shared Prosperity

World Bank Group - 2018

Reforms spurred by accession to the European Union (EU) boosted productivity and integrated Romania into the EU economic space. Gross domestic product per capita rose from 30 percent of the EU average in 1995 to 59 percent in 2016. Today, over 70 percent of the country's exports go to the EU,...

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Vietnam Development Report 2019 : Connecting Vietnam for Growth and Shared Prosperity

World Bank Group - 2019

Globally, Vietnam is among the most open economies with a trade-to-GDP ratio of 190 percent in 2018. Through the removal of both tariff and non-tariff barriers and fulfilling its commitment in several regional trade agreements, the country has made remarkable achievements in trade...

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Rebalancing Inclusive and Sustainable Growth to Continue Reducing Poverty in Bolivia : Systematic Country Diagnostic Update

World Bank Group - 2021

Bolivia made substantial progress in reducing poverty and inequality during the commodity boom, and despite the adverse external context of the past five years, poverty reduction continued, albeit more slowly. Expansionary policies allowed the country to continue growing and reducing poverty...

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Resilient Development - A Strategy to Diversify Cambodia's Growth Model : Cambodia Country Economic Memorandum

World Bank Group - 2021

The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Cambodian economy-where the growth slowdown was among the most pronounced in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region-lies in the country's growth generating process. Recent growth has been remarkable, but insufficiently diversified in...

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Iraq Economic Monitor, Spring 2022 : Harnessing the Oil Windfall for Sustainable Growth

World Bank Group - 2022

Iraq's economy is gradually emerging from the deep recession caused by the pandemic and the plunge in oil prices in 2020. Higher oil revenues pushed Iraq's overall fiscal and external balances into a surplus in 2021. The turnaround in oil markets has significantly improved Iraq's economic...

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