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  • 1
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    The Labor Market and Poverty in Sudan (2019)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Policy Notes
    Keywords: Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Agricultural Sector Economics ; Agriculture ; Education ; Food Security ; Gender ; Incentives ; Inequality ; Labor Market ; Poverty ; Poverty Reduction ; Rural Development ; Rural Labor Markets ; Social Protections and Labor
    Abstract: Using the most recent household survey data, this paper examines the characteristics of Sudan's labor market as it relates to poverty outcomes. Several important aspects of the labor market are analyzed, including the relationship between labor market indicators and the demographic structure of the population, geographic location, education, and gender. It highlights the significant differences in labor market outcomes depending on the structure and distribution of the population and Sudan's labor market's many challenges across different dimensions, including demography, gender, and geography. The four key messages can be summarized as follows: first, Sudan is at the verge of entering the earl-dividend stage of the demographic transition. Sudan's population, while still very young, is on track to enter into the early-dividend stage of the demographic transition within just a few years, raising the stakes for job creation and investment in human capita. Second, while we find evidence for an increase in employment and labor force participation at the national level, this increase seems to be driven by seasonal labor in agriculture and increasing economic hardship, respectively. In urban areas, however, unemployment increased sharply, especially among youth. And despite the overall increase in employment and labor force participation, Sudan's labor market still underperforms in comparison to its peers. Third, Sudan's labor market is characterized by large gender disparities, including in terms of employment opportunities and pay. Finally, we find no signs of the beginnings of a structural transformation over the time-period author study; agriculture remains the mainstay of a large majority of employed Sudanese. Rather, labor productivity and real wages outside of agriculture declined markedly between 2009 and 2014, especially in sectors with links to the oil economy. The paper offers policy insights to enhance the role of the labor market in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity in Sudan, key among which are 1) encouraging private sector growth, 2) overcoming gender discrimination in the labor market, 3) investing in agriculture and re-storing price incentives, and 4) further expanding access to quality education
    DOI: 10.1596/36101
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  • 2
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    Philippines Financial Sector Assessment Program : Retail Payments (2019)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Financial Sector Assessment Program
    Keywords: E-Finance and E-Security ; Finance and Development ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Financial Regulation ; Financial Regulation and Supervision ; Financial Structures ; Legal Framework ; Risk Management
    Abstract: This technical note, prepared based on the financial sector assessment program (FSAP) mission to the Philippines, presents the overview of retail payments in the country and assesses its various aspects against relevant international standards and guidance. The assessment covers twelve thematic areas, which include: (1) public and private sector commitment; (2) legal and regulatory framework; (3) governance arrangements; (4) market competitiveness; (5) financial and information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructures; (6) risk management; (7) access points; (8) product design; (9) awareness and financial literacy; (10) leveraging large-volume recurrent payment streams; (11) payment systems oversight; and (12) cooperation and information sharing. This paper aims to present a succinct but comprehensive assessment of the most important aspects of the retail payments market in the Philippines. The scope of the assessment also includes an examination of the nascent fintech ecosystem, insofar as it relates to the provision of payment services or using retail payment services and accompanying infrastructure to build other value-added products
    DOI: 10.1596/36187
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  • 3
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    A Reforma do Bolsa Familia : Avaliacao das Propostas de Reforma Debatidas em 2019 (2019)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Social Protection and Labor Discussion Papers
    Keywords: Poverty Assessment ; Poverty Reduction ; Social Assessment ; Social Development ; Social Protections and Assistance ; Social Protections and Labor
    Abstract: As part of the ongoing debate on the modernization of the Bolsa Familia (BF) program, several reform proposals were presented through 2019, including by the Ministry of Citizenship (MoC), Congress and the think tank IPEA, the latter as part of a broader proposal to consolidate various expenditures. This note uses the BraSIM microsimulation model to evaluate the 2019 proposals in the context of Brazil's tax benefit system. All proposals lead to a higher number of beneficiaries, with the poorest families, especially children and youth, benefitting the most. In general, the progressive incidence of the current program would vary little in the MoC and Congress reforms, but is reduced in IPEA's, which includes a universal component. The three proposals have different contributions on poverty-reduction: IPEA's reform is significantly less efficient than the current scenario and other reforms in terms of cost-effectiveness. However, IPEA's proposal most contributes to the reduction of inequality, and is the only one that identifies financing sources through the extinction of more regressive expenditures. Through this comparative analysis, the Note also highlights the main dilemmas about the future of the program, which remain relevant even in the post-COVID-19 reality: the tension between generosity and coverage; the priorization of certain groups for poverty-reduction; reconciling the program's objective of encouraging human capital for children with its role of minimum income guarantee; the risks of eliminating a "basic benefit". While only IPEA's proposal identified financing sources for the program's expansion, the Note reveals additional potential sources of financing for the BF program in the tax benefit system
    DOI: 10.1596/37708
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    An Assessment of Employment in Niger (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Social Protection Study
    Keywords: Agriculture ; Employment ; Employment and Unemployment ; Gender ; Labor and Employment Law ; Labor Markets ; Law and Development ; Skills Development and Labor Force Training ; Social Protections and Labor
    Abstract: Due to frequent domestic and external shocks, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. Located in a sub-region repeatedly challenged by security threats such as the Libyan conflict, the Mali crisis and the Boko Haram armed attacks, the Nigerien economy is exposed to severe climate shocks that largely impact the country's economic performance. Despite going through several episodes of political turbulence, Niger has experienced relative political stability, with beneficial effects for economic growth since 2011. To sum up, Niger is a country that faces the jobs challenges of an agrarian and increasingly resource-based economy, and in which a large part of the population is young, poor and exposed to external and internal shocks. In Niger, most population is poor and lives in rural areas, implying that the jobs with the highest development impact are in agriculture. However, as discussed, jobs per se do not guarantee sufficient income opportunities to escape poverty; as such, increases in productivity are crucial for improving living standards. Moreover, giving the high exposure of poor and rural households to climatic shocks and food insecurity, the new jobs agenda needs to encourage the use of modern and inputs and decrease reliance on rainfall patterns. This book is arranged as follows: 1) Chapter one explains the employment structures in Niger; 2) Chapter two discusses employment dynamics and transitions; 3) Chapter three has the analysis of agricultural employment; 4) Chapter four looks at non-agricultural household enterprises; and 5) Chapter five introduces the youth occupational aspirations
    DOI: 10.1596/36616
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    Global Economic Prospects, January 2017 : Weak Investment in Uncertain Times (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464810176
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (272 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Global Economic Prospects
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Developing Countries ; Developing Economies ; Economic Growth ; Economic Prospects ; Emerging Markets
    Abstract: Stagnant global trade, subdued investment, and heightened policy uncertainty marked another difficult year for the world economy. A moderate recovery is expected for 2017, with receding obstacles to activity in commodity-exporting emerging market and developing economies. Weak investment is weighing on medium-term prospects across many emerging market and developing economies. Although fiscal stimulus in major economies, if implemented, may boost global growth above expectations, risks to growth forecasts remain tilted to the downside. Important downside risks stem from heightened policy uncertainty in major economies. In addition to discussing global and regional economic developments and prospects, this edition of Global Economic Prospects includes a chapter on the causes, consequences and policy implications of weak investment in emerging markets and developing economies, and a special focus on the role of the U.S. economy in the world. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing countries, on a semiannual basis (in January and June). The January edition includes in-depth analyses of topical policy challenges faced by these economies, while the June edition contains shorter analytical pieces
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-1016-9
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    Cancer (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464803499 , 9781464803505
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (p.)) , cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Disease control priorities volume 3
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Uniform Title: Cancer
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    DDC: 362.19699400681
    Keywords: Neoplasms ; economics ; Neoplasms ; prevention & control ; Health Services Research ; economics ; Cost of Illness ; Developing Countries ; Neoplasms prevention & control ; Neoplasms economics ; Health Services Research economics
    Abstract: Summary and recommendations -- The changing global burden of cancer : transitions in human development and implications for cancer prevention and control -- Breast cancer -- Cervical cancer -- Oral cancer : prevention, early detection, and treatment -- Colorectal cancer -- Treating childhood cancer in low- and middle-income countries -- Liver cancer -- Cancer pain relief -- Global hazards of tobacco and the benefits of smoking cessation and tobacco taxes -- Cancer services and the comprehensive cancer center -- Screening for cancer : considerations for low- and middle-income countries -- Surgical services for cancer care -- Radiation therapy for cancer -- Need for national commitments to cancer research to guide public health investment and practice -- Cancer in low- and middle-income countries : an economic overview -- Financing cancer care in low-resource settings -- An extended cost-effectiveness analysis of publicly financed HPV vaccination to prevent cervical cancer in China
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0349-9
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  • 7
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    Evaluaciones nacionales del rendimiento academico Volumen 5 : Utilizacion de los resultados de una evaluacion nacional del rendimiento academico (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464807527
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (198 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: National Assessments of Educational Achievement
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Assessment ; Developing Countries ; Education ; Evidence ; Examinations ; National
    Abstract: Que estan aprendiendo los estudiantes? En todo el mundo, los gobiernos que se esfuerzan por mejorar la calidad de la educacion estan recurriendo a las evaluaciones nacionales como fuente de esta informacion que tan necesaria es en las areas curriculares clave. La capacidad de llevar a cabo evaluaciones nacionales ha crecido notablemente en los ultimos anos, pero no se ha reflejado en un uso generalizado de sus resultados. Este libro pretende potenciar la apreciacion del valor de tales datos y ayudar a los paises a explotar el conocimiento que ofrecen las evaluaciones nacionales. Utilizacion de los resultados de una evaluacion nacional del rendimiento academico expone los principales factores que afectan a la utilizacion de los resultados de una evaluacion nacional, a saber: el contexto politico en que se lleva a cabo la evaluacion, la naturaleza de la evaluacion (censal o basada en una muestra), la asignacion de responsabilidades frente a los resultados y la calidad de los instrumentos de evaluacion. El libro describe el tipo de informacion que deberia contener el informe principal de una evaluacion nacional, asi como otros medios de comunicar los resultados a publicos tecnicos y no tecnicos. Expone consideraciones genericas sobre como traducir los resultados de las evaluaciones nacionales en politicas e intervenciones, y examina procedimientos especificos para utilizar los datos en la formulacion de politicas, la gestion educativa, la ensenanza y la sensibilizacion publica. Los temas tratados en este volumen resultaran de interes para los responsables politicos, los educadores, los investigadores y los profesionales del desarrollo
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0751-0
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    Global Economic Prospects, June 2016 : Divergences and Risks (2016)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464807787
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (190 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Global Economic Prospects
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Developing Countries ; Developing Economies ; Economic Growth ; Economic Prospects ; Emerging Markets ; Global Economy
    Abstract: Global growth prospects have deteriorated in 2016. Emerging market and developing economies are facing increased external headwinds, including softer growth in advanced economies. Commodity exporters are struggling with particularly challenging conditions, while commodity importers are thus far showing greater resilience. Global growth is expected to gradually accelerate in 2017-18 but risks to the outlook are increasingly more pronounced. In addition to discussing global and regional economic developments and prospects, this edition of Global Economic Prospects includes two Special Focus essays of critical importance for emerging and developing economies: an analysis of the buildup of private debt in emerging and frontier markets and a quantitative study of uncertainties surrounding global growth. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Global Economic Prospects. The Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that has, since its inception in 1991, examined international economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing economies. It has also included analytical essays on a wide range of topical macroeconomic, financial, and structural policy challenges faced by these economies. It is published on a semiannual basis (in January and June). The January edition includes in-depth analyses of topical policy challenges, while the June edition contains shorter analytical essays
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0777-0
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  • 9
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    Une couverture sanitaire universelle pour un developpement durable inclusif : Une synthese de 11 etudes de cas pays (2015)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464805936
    Language: French
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (86 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Directions in Development;Directions in Development - Human Development
    Series Statement: Directions in Development - Human Development
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Community Health Worker ; Developing Countries ; Health Financing ; Health Human Resources ; Health Insurance ; Health Worker Distribution
    Abstract: La CSU a pour objectifs de s'assurer que tous peuvent avoir acces a des services de sante de qualite, de preserver l'ensemble des individus contre les risques a la sante publique et de proteger toutes les personnes contre l'appauvrissement attribuable a la maladie. Des pays aussi divers que le Bresil, la France, le Japon, la Thailande et la Turquie ont reussi a mettre en cuvre la CSU et illustrent comment ces programmes peuvent a la fois agir en tant que dispositifs essentiels d'amelioration de la sante et du bien-etre de leurs citoyens et mettre en place les fondations d'une croissance economique basee sur des principes d'equite et de durabilite. L'assurance d'un acces universel a des services de sante abordables et de qualite contribuera de facon importante a l'eradication de la pauvrete extreme en 2030 et a la stimulation d'une prosperite partagee dans les pays a revenu faible et intermediaire, ou vit la majorite de la population pauvre mondiale. 'La couverture sanitaire universelle pour un developpement durable inclusif' synthetise les experiences de 11 pays Bangladesh, Bresil, Ethiopie, France, Ghana, Indonesie, Japon, Perou, Thailande, Turquie et Vietnam dans la mise en cuvre de politiques et de strategies d'atteinte et de maintien de la CSU. Tous ces pays se sont engages envers l'atteinte de la CSU, consideree comme une aspiration nationale cle, mais ont adopte a cet effet des approches distinctes. L'ouvrage examine les politiques de CSU de chaque pays a partir de 3 themes communs : (1) l'economie politique et le processus politique d'adoption, d'atteinte et de maintien de la CSU; (2) les politiques financieres d'amelioration de la couverture sanitaire; et (3) les ressources humaines en sante au service des politiques d'atteinte de la CSU. Les constats tires de ces etudes pays sont une source d'enseignements auxquels peuvent faire reference les pays qui aspirent a l'adoption, a l'atteinte et au maintien de la CSU. Meme si la voie vers la CSU reste specifique a chaque pays, tous peuvent profiter des experiences des autres en apprenant des differentes approches et en evitant les risques potentiels
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0592-9
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    The Little Green Data Book 2015 (2015)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464805608 , 9781464805615
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (248 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: World Development Indicators
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Air Pollution ; Biodiversity ; Census ; Developing Countries ; Energy Use ; Food Production ; Forest Cover ; Household Surveys ; Millennium Development Goals ; Pollution
    Abstract: The Little Green Data Book 2015 is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, oceans, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. For the third year, The Little Green Data Book presents a new set of ocean-related indicators, highlighting the role of oceans in economic development
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0560-8
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    Global Economic Prospects, June 2015 : The Global Economy in Transition (2015)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    ISBN: 9781464804830 , 9781464804854
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (194 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Global Economic Prospects
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Keywords: Capital Flows ; Commodities ; Developing Countries ; Emerging Markets ; Financial Markets ; Global Economy ; Interest Rates ; Low Income Countries ; Oil Prices ; Poverty ; Trade ; US Economy
    Abstract: Global growth is expected to be 2.8 percent in 2015, but is expected to pick up to 3.2 percent in 2016-17. Growth in developing countries and some high-income countries is set to disappoint again this year. The prospect of rising borrowing costs will compound the challenges many developing countries are facing as they adapt to an era of low commodity prices. Risks to this outlook remain tilted to the downside. This edition of Global Economic Prospects includes two Special Features that analyze the policy challenges raised by the two transitions in developing countries: the risks associated with the first U.S. central bank interest rate increase since 2006 and the implications of persistently low commodity prices for low-income countries. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on developing countries, on a semiannual basis (in January and June). The January edition includes in-depth analyses of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries while the June edition contains shorter analytical pieces
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    DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0483-0
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