Thursday, June 30, 2022
Creating new jobs is one of the biggest challenges facing low- and middle-income countries. Because employment in these countries is mostly in micro and small enterprises (MSEs), targeted interventions such as training, microcredit, cash grants, business...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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Responding to the impacts of COVID-19 in Western and Central Africa, the World Bank has supported the rapid...
Country:
Africa, Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
The World Bank Group announced today the launch of the Mission Billion Challenge “WURI West Africa Prize” to seek innovative solutions that augment inclusion of informal workers in social protection ...
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Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Niger, Togo
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend project (SWEDD) project is financed by the World Bank and implemented by the governments of Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. It aims to empower women and...
Country:
Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger
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Monday, June 6, 2016
Today’s demographically ‘youthful’ Africa demands policies that promote full productive and decent work that expands young people’s life prospects, while ensuring their countries’ long-term development. Interventions to provide young people with...
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Africa, Burkina Faso, Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia
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