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Causal evidence on the effectiveness of refugee labor market integration programs remains limited. This report presents baseline findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating such a program ...
Port reform is influenced by factors that include aspirations for change underpinned by complex internal and external drivers ...
This paper examines vertical skills mismatch in Türkiye using a refined measure that adjusts for occupation, age group, sector, and year to isolate genuine education-job misalignment from ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo is committed to achieving Universal Health Care by 2030. Progress toward this goal faces challenges due to limitations in the execution and allocation of the country's ...
The Lao People's Democratic Republic has a high execution rate for its overall health budget, ranging from 89 to 104 percent from 2015 to 2019. Aggregated execution rates are generally high across the ...
To address these challenges, social protection responses need to be tailored to both immediate and long-term needs. This evaluation assesses the World Bank's support for Adaptive Social Protection ...
This year’s economic activity has been slower than previously anticipated due to emerging structural bottlenecks and continued external headwinds. This has prompted a sense of urgency to address the ...
While investment-led growth may offer quick wins, it is efficiency, innovation, and institutional reform that will determine ...
In the Baseline Assessment conducted for this project (full assessment is provided in the supplementary report), Thailand’s progress in advancing marine and coastal resource management through an ...
This study examines the effectiveness and challenges of Tajikistan's skills development system and skilling opportunities for migrants, with the goal of providing actionable recommendations. As ...
The Georgian Green Growth Strategy (G3S), based on a model of sustainable development, should be inclusive and allow Georgia to efficiently and sustainably manage its natural resources, minimize ...
This paper discusses the potential expansion of the role of the notional defined contribution (NDC) paradigm in the ongoing reforms of retirement provision in China. It finds that mature age life ...