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5.3.4 The unemployed: Public sector training
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| The unemployed in most developing countries are generally not the most economically vulnerable because, in the absence of state income support of some kind or another, the poor cannot afford not to work. |
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4.3 The impact of economic liberalisation
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| The potential impacts of economic liberalisation on VET are twofold: change in incentives to invest in training and the availability of public funding for VET. |
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4.1.2 Enterprises with growth potential: The demand for training
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| Most training strategies in the informal sector have targeted manufacturing microenterprises that are considered to have some growth potential. However, even within this relatively better-off segment of the informal sector, the effective demand for training has frequently been found to be quite limited. |
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II.a Merchandise Trade: TRADE AND CAPITAL FLOWS BETWEEN CHINA AND AFRICA
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| This section pulls together the information available and attempts to quantify, to the extent
possible, China’s economic engagement with Africa.3 Emerging from the review is a
recognition of China’s multifaceted influence: as market for Africa’s exports, donor,
financer and investor, and contactor and builder. While official financial and technical
assistance predominated in the past, commercial activities, which have increased rapidly in
the last few years, are now dominant in financial terms. |
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3.2 Financing Development: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| Emerging issues and challenges for Africa |
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3.1 Developments in trade negotiations: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| World trade expanded significantly between 2000 and 2005. Total world exports
increased from $US6,451 billion in 2000 to $10,393 billion in 2005, an increase of
61 per cent.
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2.3 Social Development I: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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| While growth has recovered on the continent, the gains in terms of social development
and poverty reduction are still limited. This sub-section reviews the evidence
on social development through the lenses of the MDGs. Following a discussion
of progress and challenges for the various goals, the sub-section provides a more
detailed discussion of the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS. More details on progress
towards the MDGs in Africa is provided in various ECA documents, including a
forthcoming report (UNECA 2007), as well as reports by other United Nations
publications (e.g. UNDP and UNICEF 2002). |
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Overview V: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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disbursements fall short of commitments. |
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Overview III: Economic Report on Africa 2007
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