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Essay competition: shaping the city of your dreams
Speaking of successful cities (see my previous post), the Cities Alliance is collaborating with the World Bank and the Government of Norway to launch an internat
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Grassroots Business Initiative shows social enterprises how to fish
The Grassroots Business Initiative (GBI) is the brainchild of the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). Launched in 2004, the GBI supports innovative social enterprises – dubbed...
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A stark reality for islanders: there are not enough jobs to go around
Kiribati is the easternmost country in the world, and was the first country to enter into the year 2000.
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"What were you thinking?"— Helping adolescents recover from poor decisions
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Higher education graduates in East Asia: Too few? Too many?
East Asia and Pacific countries have more university graduates than ever, yet employers say they don't find the skills to match their needs.
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Empowering young people in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste has one of the youngest populations in the world, with more than three quarters under 30. Opening pathways for young people – allowing them to get an education, find employment and engage...
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Taking my first step as a young entrepreneur in Laos
Manothip met her first customers at an entrepreneurship fair for young people in Laos.How does one turn a creative idea into a profitable business? In my case, it started with a bag.
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Vietnam: Who are the corruption game changers?
Two members of the Black and White club join an arm-wrestling competition with the slogan 'Arm-wrestling to blow away corruption' at a youth event in Hanoi in November 2012 to promote fair education...
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The onslaught of climate change in the Pacific Islands that look like tiny spots from space, is a big wake-up call for the youth of these nations. Young Pacific Islanders are taking a proactive stance...
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Realizing the hopes of unemployed youth in Papua New Guinea
I met Gilford Jirigani at a workshop in Port Moresby a few months ago. What struck me about him was his natural confidence and poise as he captured the audience’s attention - including mine-as he told...
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Young people account for almost half of Papua New Guinea’s population and comprise a large part of the urban poor. In the capital, Port Moresby, an increasing number of young people are leaving school...
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What do Thai youth think about the future and their country’s priorities?
Thailand has come a long way and represents an impressive development story: it has drastically reduced the number of poor people from nearly 70% of the population in 1986 to 11% in 2013 and its...
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เยาวชนไทยคิดอย่างไรกับการพัฒนาและอนาคตของประเทศ?
ประเทศไทยเดินหน้าแผนการพัฒนาจนกลายเป็นประเทศตัวอย่างที่มีเรื่องราวความสำเร็จที่น่าสนใจยิ่ง ไม่ว่าจะเป็นการลดจำนวนประชาการยากจนจากเกือบร้อยละ 70 ของประชากรทั้งหมดในปี 2529 จนเหลือเพียงร้อยละ 11 ในปี...
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Indonesia’s structural transformation offers clues on where to find good jobs
What goes up must come down. The end of the commodities boom is a wake-up call for Indonesia, as the reversal in economic transformation has adversely impacted employment growth in recent years. How...
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Transformasi struktural Indonesia beri petunjuk di mana lapangan kerja yang...
Pepatah mengatakan “Hidup bagaikan roda – kadang di atas, kadang di bawah”. Era ‘booming komoditas’ ketika harga minyak mentah, kelapa sawit dan batu bara melambung tinggi sudah berakhir. Sudah...
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The logical next step toward gender equality: Generating evidence on what works
College students in Vietnam. © World Bank As in much of the rest of the developing world, developing countries in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) have made progress in closing many gender disparities,...
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How do we achieve sustained growth? Through human capital, and East Asia and...
Students at Beijing Bayi High School in China. Photo: World Bank In 1950, the average working-age person in the world had almost three years of education, but in East Asia and Pacific (EAP), the...
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