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    The growth-employment relationship Since 2000

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014
    This discussion paper is a brief assessment of the employment challenge that become manifest in the Indian economy during the past decade.
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    In the fast lane: innovations in digital finance

    International Finance Corporation, 2014
    Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) poses many challenges to financial inclusion: basic infrastructure is relatively underdeveloped, populations are still very rural and therefore widely dispersed, and a large proportion of the population (48.5%) lives below the international poverty line of $1.25 per day.
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    From poverty to empowerment: India’s imperative for jobs, growth, and effective basic services

    McKinsey Global Institute, 2014
    More than two decades have passed since India embarked on major economic reforms—and although official poverty rates have declined sharply since then, millions of Indians continue to face significant deprivation in terms of quality of life and access to basic services.
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    The employment situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: conditional transfer programmes and the labour market

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014
    Labour markets in Latin America and the Caribbean lost momentum in 2013 compared with the sustained improvements seen over the past 10 years.  Weaker formal and wage employment creation did not provoke broad expansion of the informal sector, as has occurred in the past, thanks to the number of jobs created over the past 10 years, which have pushed up incomes and reduced poverty.
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    2014 African Transformation Report: Growth with depth

    African Center for Economic Transformation, 2014
    This report from the African Center for Economic Transformation presents the state of economic transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa, lessons learned from African countries and selected comparators from Asia and Latin America. IT also discusses how this transformation can be sustained for the long run.
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    Profits and poverty: the economics of forced labour

    International Labour Organization, 2014
    Today, about 21 million men, women and children are in forced labour, trafficked, held in debt bondage or work in slave-like conditions. This report builds on earlier ILO studies on the extent, cost and profits from forced labour. It looks at both the supply and demand sides of forced labour, and presents solid evidence for a correlation between forced labour and poverty.
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    Grounded: special report - Brazil

    The Economist, 2013
    A special country-focused edtion of The Economist magazine looks at the following topic areas:
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    Striving for excellence: mega sporting events and human rights

    Institute for Human Rights and Business, 2013
    From the perspective of human rights, "Mega Sporting Events” (MSEs),  bring both opportunities and risks.
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    Sustainable Brazil: social and economic impacts of the 2014 World Cup

    Ernst & Young Terco, 2011
    On October 30, 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee appointed Brazil as host of the 2014 World Cup football tournament.
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    Advocating for social pensions: lessons learnt from the Philippines

    HelpAge International, 2014
    Social pensions provide secure income for older people and are critical to reducing extreme poverty for older people. The Coalition of Services for the Elderly (COSE) has been enabling older people to form community-led groups in the Philippines for over 20 years.

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