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  • Social protection in ECA during the transition : an unfinished agenda (English)

    This report concerns Europe and Central Asia, a World Bank region that comprises 28 countries, of which 27 are transition countries, and which also includes Turkey. These countries are grappling with a...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 30109 Document Date: July 1, 2004 Disclosure Status: Author: Bezhanyan,Anush,Bodewig,Christian,Braithwaite, Jeanine [lead editor],Goldman,Philip S.,Gotcheva,Boryana,Holzmann [editor],Innes,John A.,Isamiddinova,Dilnara,Kostenickiene, Vilija,Kuddo,Arvo,Mascarell,Caroline,Naqvi,Maniza B.,O'Keefe,Philip B.,Pojarski,Peter Ivanov,Posarac, Alexandra,Rutkowski,Jan Jerzy,Rutkowski,Michal J.,Sandi,Ana Maria,Sipos,Sandor,Sotirova,Galina Y.,Staines,Verdon S.,Wright,Alan,von Gersdorff, Hermann [editor]

  • Helping the vulnerable manage risk (English)

    Vulnerability - the use of this term has proliferated lately among economists, sociologists, other development practitioners, and policy makers as concepts of risk and risk management are no longer only...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 27598 Document Date: December 1, 2003 Disclosure Status: Author:

  • Protecting people with social safety nets (English)

    When the present is at stake; by Margaret Grosh, John Blomquist, and Yisgedullish Amde. Quid pro quo; by Margaret Grosh. Responding to the crisis in Korea with Public Works; by John Blomquist. Slimming...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 23879 Document Date: January 31, 2002 Disclosure Status: Author: Lund, Lotte [editor],Grosh, Margaret,Blomquist,

  • The global fight against child labor (English)

    The World Bank recognizes that child labor is one of the most devastating consequences of persistent poverty. Long hours of work and hazardous employment harm children's development as well as their physical...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 27597 Document Date: December 1, 2001 Disclosure Status: Author:

  • Meeting employment challenges in the global economy (English)

    Closing the gap; by Lotte Lund. Thailand after the crisis; by Lotte Lund. Toil, sweat, and trade : what can be done to improve working conditions in developing countries?; by Amy Luinstra. Decent work...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 23009 Document Date: March 31, 2001 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lund, Lotte [editor]

  • Facing the future : the importance of pension reform to new generations (English)

    Encounter with a millennium baby, by Edward Whitehouse. Survivors' guide to pension reform. Facts about Poland. New old-age pension system in Poland, by Marek Gora and Michal Rutkowski. Recipe of success...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 23007 Document Date: January 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Whitehouse,Edward R.,Gora,Marek,Rutkowski,Michal J.,Hermansen, Ole. F.,James,Estelle,Lund,Lotte

  • A model for the future : innovative social policy in Lithuania (English)

    Life is good. A model for the future. It is not enough to cry. Seeing is believing. Back to basics. A shelter for mothers in crisis. Social policy and community social services development project. Facts...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 23006 Document Date: January 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Author:

  • The end of charity : how social funds empower communities (English)

    SP news notes. The end of charity, by Lotte Lund. De-frosting time in Mphango, by Lotte Lund. "We are not tired.", by Lotte Lund. Beyond the bottom line, by Lotte Lund. Facts about Zamsif. Evolvinh into...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 23008 Document Date: January 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lund, Lotte Levine,Antony Nsour, Surat,Caroline McLeod, Dinah K., Lopez,Van Domelen, Julie