How is the Gabonese government dealing with the country’s high unemployment rate, especially the youth unemployment figures?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Simon Ntoutoume Emane, Minister of Labour, Work and Vocational Training from The Report: Gabon 2014
Articles & Analysis | Universal health insurance is being rolled out from The Report: Gabon 2014
As it is getting closer to realising its goal of universal health care, Gabon is focusing on decentralising national health services in an effort to make governance more effective at the local level. The country is now investing in infrastructure, although a number of challenges, such as a shortage of trained staff and the prevalence of both communicable and non-...
Chapter | Health & Education from The Report: Gabon 2014
Health
Covering the 2011-15 period, the National Health Strategy was launched in 2010 and aims to accelerate sector reforms by improving the overall governance of health care, reducing infant and maternal mortality, introducing free maternal health care and investing in infrastructure, especially hospitals.
The country has been rolling out its universal health care system...
Articles & Analysis | Sector reforms and increased capacity are needed to absorb future waves of students from The Report: Kuwait 2014
Enhancing Kuwait’s education system constitutes a key plank of the country’s long-term development strategy, known as Kuwait Vision 2035. This plan envisages a range of capital and human investments with a view to diversifying the economy and transforming Kuwait into a regional commercial centre by 2035. To this end, reforming education has...
Articles & Analysis | A look at the government’s plans for educational reform from The Report: Kuwait 2014
Kuwaiti authorities are looking to reform education, particularly the schools system, so as to furnish pupils with the skills needed in a 21st-century labour market. Education has assumed increasing importance in Kuwait, as the need to diversify the economy becomes clearer in order to maintain high standards of living. Given the country’s...
