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Mobility, poverty and well-being among the informally employed in Bosnia and Herzegovina: May 15, 2007 09:54
This paper analyses informal-sector employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using data from the Living Standards Measurement Studies. It assesses how and why people move from the informal to formal employment sectors and what effect this has on their economic and personal well-being. The paper also looks at earnings inequality in the informal sector, and compares this with the formal sector. Finally it examines how informal employment affects people's life satisfaction.

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Tags: Bosnia, Herzegovina, informal, employment,
Sustainability of healthcare financing in the Western Balkans : an overview of progress and challenges: November 23, 2007 13:26
This paper explores the major challenges to the sustainability of health sector financing in the countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the province of Kosovo. It focuses on how the incentives created by the different elements of the healthcare financing system affect the behavior of healthcare providers and individuals, and the resulting inefficiencies in revenue collection and expenditure containment.

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Tags: Albania, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, health
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) : corporate governance country assessment: November 23, 2007 13:34
This report assesses Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) corporate governance policy framework and enforcement and compliance practices. It highlights recent improvements in corporate governance regulations, makes policy recommendations, and provides investors with a benchmark against which to measure corporate governance in BiH.

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Tags: Bosnia, Herzegovina, governance, corporate,
Youth unemployment, labor market transitions, and scarring : evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2001-04: November 23, 2007 13:37
The authors examine early unemployment spells and their longer-term effects among the youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), where the labor market transition is made more difficult by the challenges of a post-conflict environment.

Social Issues No comments yet
Tags: Bosnia, Herzegovina, labour, unemployment
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Poverty assessment (Vol. 1 of 2): November 23, 2007 16:31
The report consists of two volumes. The first volume contains the main Poverty Assessment report, integrating various data sources and inputs from local counterparts. The second volume provides an in-depth analysis of the Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS), jointly implemented by the Bank, and the Republika Srpska Statistical Institute (RSIS), the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Statistical Institute (FIS), and the Bosnia and Herzegovina State Agency for Statistics (BHAS). This report presents the most comprehensive analysis of poverty in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) to date, whose calculations suggest that poverty - defined as lack of adequate consumption - is quite substantial, affecting every fifth citizen. Poverty is substantial compared to some neighboring countries.

Sustainability No comments yet
Tags: Bosnia, Herzegovina, poverty, education, health
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Poverty assessment (Vol. 2 of 2): November 23, 2007 16:35
The report consists of two volumes. The first volume contains the main Poverty Assessment report, integrating various data sources and inputs from local counterparts. The second volume provides an in-depth analysis of the Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS), jointly implemented by the Bank, and the Republika Srpska Statistical Institute (RSIS), the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Statistical Institute (FIS), and the Bosnia and Herzegovina State Agency for Statistics (BHAS). This report presents the most comprehensive analysis of poverty in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) to date, whose calculations suggest that poverty - defined as lack of adequate consumption - is quite substantial, affecting every fifth citizen. Poverty is substantial compared to some neighboring countries.

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Tags: Bosnia, Herzegovina, poverty, education, health
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Poverty Reduction Strategy Progress Report and joint IDA-IMF Staff Advisory Note: November 23, 2007 16:53
This Joint Staff Advisory Note (JSAN) summarizes staffs' views on the revised MTDS and provides advice aimed at strengthening the new strategy and promoting its effective implementation.

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Tags: Bosnia, Herzegovina, poverty, health, population
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and Joint IDA-IMF Staff Assessment: November 23, 2007 17:00
The Medium-Term Development Strategy (MTDS) has a clear set of overall goals. These are to: create conditions for sustainable and balanced economic development; reduce poverty; and accelerate European Union (EU) integration.

Sustainability No comments yet
Tags: Bosnia, Herzegovina, poverty, health, population
Sustainability of healthcare financing in the Western Balkans : an overview of progress and challenges: November 23, 2007 17:12
This paper explores the major challenges to the sustainability of health sector financing in the countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the province of Kosovo.

Social Issues No comments yet
Tags: Balkans, Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, health
Analysis of administrative and regulatory costs of doing business in Gradiska Municipality: November 26, 2007 17:09
The report identifies existing administrative barriers in the territory of the Gradiska Municipality, and analyzes the investment climate within the Municipality.

Business Climate No comments yet
Tags: Bosnia, Herzegovina, business, governance, law