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The bipartisan bill allows those convicted of nonviolent crimes to ask the courts to seal their criminal records. They could then present themselves, according to the legal system, as lacking a criminal background. These measures would improve their chances of getting a job and, in turn, reduce the threat of hunger or recidivism.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors Thursday approved a new project for the Dominican Republic worth US$75 million, which seeks to ensure that thousands of citizens gain access to a comprehensive social protection package and help reduce extreme poverty in the country’s poorest provinces. This will not only increase access to the National Health Insurance (SeNaSa, in Spanish) and education to the most vulnerable, but will also increase their employability skills and enable basic improvements to housing.

The State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank signed agreements for a total of US$450 million in loans and credits to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to further improve Ho Chi Minh City’s environment and sanitation on March 12.

The EESC, together with the Minister for Labour and Social Policy of Poland, is organising an exchange of views on the role of the non-profit sector as a provider of social services of general interest on 11-12 March in Warsaw.

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Przemek Gajdeczka visited Managua during March 5-11, 2015. The visit took place as part of a regular dialogue with the authorities, assessing the performance of the Nicaraguan economy and to prepare for the next annual Article IV consultation.

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Przemek Gajdeczka visited Managua during March 5-11, 2015. The visit took place as part of a regular dialogue with the authorities, assessing the performance of the Nicaraguan economy and to prepare for the next annual Article IV consultation.

MEPs want Commissioners Marianne THYSSEN, Elzbieta BIENKOWSKA and Valdis DOMBROVSKIS to coordinate fiscal policies with a strong focus on economic and social improvements.

Ulrike Lunacek

With their populations aging faster than their neighbors in the rest of the European Union, the countries of Central Europe and the Baltics would benefit from a focus on promoting active, healthy, and productive aging, according to the World Bank’s new report What’s Next in Aging Europe: Aging with Growth in Central Europe and the Baltics.

Total tax revenues as percentage of GDP, 2013