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The earned income tax credit program increases labor supply, earning, and expenditure in the PRC.

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Gan, Li|Guo, Xiongfei|He, Qing|Wang, Junhui

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), in partnership with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE),…

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New Zealand Institute of Economic Research

Gill, Derek|Hogan, Sarah|Gamperle, Dion

This guide to small area estimation aims to help users compile more reliable granular or disaggregated data in cost-effective ways.

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29 May 2020

This brief reports on a rapid assessment of labor demand in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to help understand the impact of coronavirus…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Hayashi, Ryotaro|Matsuda, Norihiko

Bangladesh

29 May 2020

This book analyses how Uzbekistan can boost sustainable economic growth to create more and better jobs.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Anderson, Kym|Ginting, Edimon|Taniguchi, Kiyoshi

Uzbekistan

19 May 2020

This brief presents new projections on the economic impact of COVID-19 and highlights policy implications.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Park, Cyn-Young|Villafuerte, James|Abiad, Abdul|Narayanan, Badri|Banzon, Eduardo|Samson, Jindra Nuella G.|Aftab, Ammar|Tayag, Mara Claire

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15 May 2020

Sri Lankan migrants abroad are an important resource to the Sri Lankan economy. In 2019, Sri Lankans abroad remitted a total of USD 6.7…

The world was awakened to Singapore’s spike of COVID-19 cases among its foreign workers recently. This should alert countries like…

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S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Leng, Khor Yu|Saravanamuttu, Johan

Irregular migrants already struggling with poverty, displacement and discrimination, will be one of the hardest hit communities by the…

This brief presents findings from a study on labor productivity across various sectors in India and its impact on poverty reduction.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Gupta, Kanupriya|Sen Gupta, Abhijit

India

16 Apr 2020