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11 produkter
Building Better Policies
The Nuts and Bolts of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems
Av Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Philipp Krause
Häftad, 2012
290 kr
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Governments around the world face ongoing pressures from citizens to provide more and better services, and to do this while restraining taxation levels. This provides the context for government efforts to ensure their policies and programs are as effective, and as efficient, as possible. An …
Sewing Success?
Employment and Wages Following the End of the Multi-fibre Arrangement
Häftad, 2012
417 kr
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Sewing Success? Employment, Wages, and Poverty following the End of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) analyzes the impact of the 2004 MFA phaseout on key social indicators in major apparel-exporting developing countries. This study provides important policy insights on how to maximize the …
Stitches to Riches?
Apparel Employment, Trade, and Economic Development in South Asia
Av Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Raymond Robertson m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
472 kr
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The apparel sector in South Asia is labor-intensive, employs more women on average than other manufacturing sectors, and provides jobs that allow for the acquisition of skills. Despite these development benefits, this book finds that the sector has not reached its full potential due to …
South Asia's Turn
Policies to Boost Competitiveness and Create the Next Export Powerhouse
Av Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Denis Medvedev m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
413 kr
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South Asia has a huge need to create more and better jobs for a growing population– especially in the manufacturing industries where it is underperforming as compared to East Asia. The report examines three critical and relatively understudied drivers of competitiveness:Economies of agglomeration: …
Morocco's Jobs Landscape
Identifying Constraints to an Inclusive Labor Market
Av Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Gordon Betcherman m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
490 kr
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This report breaks new ground on issues crucial for Morocco's development. It analyzes the pace and sources of growth, regional patterns of structural transformation, drivers of formalization, and inclusion of subgroups of the working age population in the labor market.
Distributional Impacts of Trade
Empirical Innovations, Analytical Tools, and Policy Responses
Av Jakob Engel, Deeksha Kokas m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
519 kr
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To enable global trade to deliver for the poor, this report makes contributions to improve the ability of trade to deliver for the poor.
Distributional Impacts of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Av Johannes G. Hoogeveen, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
547 kr
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Pre-pandemic the Middle East and North Africa was the only region in the world experiencing increases in poverty and declines in life satisfaction. This Report investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic changed the welfare of individuals and households in the region, by relying on phone surveys and …
From Jobs to Careers
Apparel Exports and Career Paths for Women in Developing Countries
Av Mexico Vergara Bahena, Stacey Frederick m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
504 kr
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This report shifts the paradigm of how we think of women's participation in the labor force by demonstrating the importance of the distinction between jobs and careers and analyzing how an apparel-led export strategy contributes to the transition.
Exports to Improve Labor Markets in the Middle East and North Africa
Av Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Raymond Robertson m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
504 kr
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This book focuses on studying Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, estimating the impact of trade policy on exports and their relationship with local labor market outcomes. The book suggests that trade has successfully boosted trade flows, but the benefits from this have not necessarily yielded better …
Informality and Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
Av Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Marco Ranzani m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
583 kr
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This book focuses on studying Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia, investigating the role the institutional environment on firms and workers decisions to operate informally, and its relationship with higher level economic and social outcomes.
Impact Evaluation of Small and Medium Enterprise Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Häftad, 2011
238 kr
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