2019-2021 Joint Learning Report on the Implementation of the Accountability Mechanism Policy
2019-2021 Joint Learning Report on the Implementation of the Accountability Mechanism Policy

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher:

Published: 2023-09-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789292702991

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This report highlights lessons from the implementation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Accountability Mechanism Policy 2012 during 2019-2021. The Accountability Mechanism was established to help people affected by projects to voice concerns and it seeks to enhance the effectiveness and quality of projects supported by ADB. This report analyzes the triggers for complaints filed with the Accountability Mechanism, considers lessons from complaint resolution, and explores recurring and emerging issues through the lens of good governance. It was jointly prepared by the Office of the Compliance Review Panel, the Office of the Special Project Facilitator, the Independent Evaluation Department, and the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department.

Social Institutions and Gender Index SIGI 2021 Regional Report for Africa
Social Institutions and Gender Index SIGI 2021 Regional Report for Africa

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-12-02

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 9264431489

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The SIGI 2021 Regional Report for Africa provides regional analysis on how discriminatory social institutions, such as formal and informal laws, social norms and practices, continue to constrain women’s empowerment and restrict their access to opportunities and rights. It gives new evidence on the impact of these discriminatory social institutions on three key dimensions of women’s empowerment across the region: their physical integrity, their economic situation and their political voice, leadership and agency.

OECD Public Governance Reviews Civic Space Review of Romania
OECD Public Governance Reviews Civic Space Review of Romania

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2023-07-07

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9264529497

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The Civic Space Review of Romania provides an in-depth analysis of national legal frameworks, policies, institutions, and practices relevant to civic space protection. It reviews strengths and areas for improvement, and providing guidance on a wide range of issues. The Review assesses four key dimensions of civic space: civic freedoms, media freedoms and online civic space, the enabling environment for civil society organisations, and citizen participation in policy and decision making.

OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Implementation Guidance for Korea Strengthening the Governance of Adult Learning
OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Implementation Guidance for Korea Strengthening the Governance of Adult Learning

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-06-04

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 9264481648

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A well-coordinated adult learning system is essential to support the achievement of Korea’s long-term goals. The transformational effects of demographic change, digitalisation, globalisation, and most recently COVID-19 on life at work and outside of it amplify the importance of getting adults’ skills right.

The State of the Global Education Crisis
The State of the Global Education Crisis

Author: UNESCO

Publisher: UNESCO Publishing

Published: 2021-12-09

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 9231004913

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"The global disruption to education caused by the COVD-19 pandemic is without parallel and the effects on learning are severe. The crisis brought education systems across the world to a halt, with school closures affecting more than 1.6 billion learners. While nearly every country in the world offered remote learning opportunities for students, the quality and reach of such initiatives varied greatly and were at best partial substitutes for in-person learning. Now, 21 months later, schools remain closed for millions of children and youth, and millions more are at risk of never returning to education. Evidence of the detrimental impacts of school closures on children's learning offer a harrowing reality: learning losses are substantial, with the most marginalized children and youth often disproportionately affected. Countries have an opportunity to accelerate learning recovery and make schools more efficient, equitable, and resilient by building on investments made and lessons learned during the crisis. Now is the time to shift from crisis to recovery - and beyond recovery, to resilient and transformative education systems that truly deliver learning and well-being for all children and youth."--The World Bank website.

Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Harm
Transitional Justice and Socio-Economic Harm

Author: Huma Saeed

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-09-19

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1000653838

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Maintaining the importance of socio-economic issues in devising transitional justice mechanisms, this book examines the widespread practice of land grabbing in Afghanistan. On 3 September 2003, 100 armed police officers bulldozed around 30 homes in the Sherpur neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, evicting over 250 people. Historically, the land was part of the property of the Ministry of Defense, of which a zone was allocated to the ministry’s employees who had built homes and had lived there for nearly 30 years. After the demolition, however, the land was distributed among 300 high-ranking government officials, including ministers, deputy ministers, governors and other powerful warlords. Land grabbing in Afghanistan has become a widespread practice across the country. Based on over 50 semi-structured interviews with key informants and group discussions with war victims and local experts in Kabul, the current book examines the relevance of transitional justice discourse and practice in response to this situation. Following a critical criminological concern with social harm, the book maintains that it is not enough to consider a country’s political history of violent conflict and the violation of civil and political rights alone. Rather, to decide on appropriate transitional justice mechanisms, it is crucial to consider a country’s socio-economic background, and above all the socio-economic harm inflicted on people during periods of violent conflict. This original and detailed account of the socio-economic challenges faced by transitional justice mechanisms will be of interest to those studying and working in this area in law, politics, development studies and criminology.

Independent review of the Working for Health programme and its Multi-Partner Trust Fund
Independent review of the Working for Health programme and its Multi-Partner Trust Fund

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-02-12

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 9240073094

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The Working for Health five-year action plan for health employment and inclusive economic growth (2017–2021) draws on the recommendations of the report of the United Nations High-level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth. It is delivered principally through the joint intersectoral W4H programme and its Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) in partnership with WHO, ILO and OECD. A major part of its objectives is to stimulate workforce actions in alignment with national, regional and global strategies and plans. These actions are delivered at country and regional level through multisectoral Member State-led collaboration and catalytic technical and financial support. Other joint W4H work includes developing and adapting key global public goods, including an international platform for health worker mobility, an interagency data exchange platform, an ILO and OECD approach to anticipating the skills needs of health workers, and a methodology for measuring employment impact. This document presents the findings of an independent end-of-project review of the Working for Health five-year action plan for health employment and inclusive economic growth (2017–2021) Working for Health Multi Partner Trust Fund over the first action plan period. This included direct support to 13 countries, two economic regions and three global projects. The review is based on the evaluation criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability. The review also looks to the future of sustaining investment and support for implementation of subsequent projects under the new Working for Health 2022–2030 Action Plan and its MPTF, which was extended by Member States at the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly in May 2022.

CETA Implementation and Implications
CETA Implementation and Implications

Author: Robert G. Finbow

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0228012767

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The Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is hailed as the gold standard for trade agreements. It addresses tariffs on traded goods, favoured status for EU and Canadian exporters, trade in services, and technical barriers to trade, while also seeking coordination between government agencies to promote regulatory cooperation, harmonization, and mutual recognition of standards. As the world retreats towards populism and protectionism, CETA Implementation and Implications provides a vital examination of this contemporary economic collaboration between developed states, which serves as a model for other progressive regional trade agreements. This book offers the first in-depth, comprehensive assessment of CETA, covering many of its most important elements and exploring its obstacles, accomplishments, and early effects. Based on the European Commission-funded Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Project on CETA Implementation and Implications, which linked scholars and stakeholders across Europe and North America to analyze and evaluate the implementation and impacts of the agreement, this book covers regulation, procurement, the environment, the innovative investment disputes system, labour mobility and labour relations, bilateral governance instruments, and the implications for EU trade policy of CETA’s contested ratification. Uniquely interdisciplinary and featuring contributors from around the world, CETA Implementation and Implications provides a nuanced and balanced assessment of this landmark trade agreement and its effects on regional and global trade in turbulent times.

St. Lucia
St. Lucia

Author: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2020-02-24

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1513530968

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This 2019 Article IV Consultation explains that St. Lucia’s near-term growth prospects are favorable, supported by large infrastructure investment and robust tourist inflows. However, longer-term growth continues to be impeded by high public debt, lingering vulnerabilities in the financial system, and structural impediments to private investment. Diminishing policy buffers further weaken the country’s resilience to external shocks against the backdrop of aprecarious global outlook. Completion of long pending legislative initiatives, alongside stronger regional and domestic financial oversight, should provide banks with incentives to strengthen their balance sheets and increase the efficiency of financial intermediation. There is also a need to draw on supervisory and regulatory tools to respond to emerging risks from rising overseas investments of the banks and the rapid expansion of lending by credit unions. The authorities are recommended to should step up efforts to address the institutional, financing and capacity gaps in its climate and disaster response strategy. Supply-side reforms are needed to unlock potential growth by improving the business environment, reducing energy costs, enhancing labor productivity, and further diversifying the economy.