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Employers who use apprentices will have until the end of March to apply for state grants of up to $25,000 to help cover the cost of training and tools they've incurred since mid-2020.

Employers who use apprentices will have until the end of March to apply for state grants of up to $25,000 to help cover the cost of training and tools they've incurred since mid-2020.

The World Bank frames State Capacity as Government Effectiveness (GE). It ranks GE in percentile, which compares the country’s position among all countries covered by the aggregate indicator.

Download logoThe Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) in partnership with National Planning Commission (NPC) and the University of

Unsurprisingly, the universe of frontier and early-stage producers has changed dramatically since we last addressed the topic in a major report in 2017.

The/Nudge Institute is convening charcha 2022 - a livelihood summit to bring together all stakeholders working to create resilient livelihood opportunities for India’s 250 Mn citizens living in poverty. The convening is being held as an in-person event for the first time, on Aug 4th, at India Habitat Centre, Delhi. Leading institutions in the livelihood sector will host their

Studies show that investing in a government’s capacity to collect tax revenues is beneficial for economic development of low-income countries. This column uses new census data from local governments in Ghana to provide descriptive and experimental evidence on the role of technology in improving government tax capacity. The pre-existing infrastructure for tax collection in the

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