This Short Note aims to provide some practical tips for practitioners like World Bank task team leaders in implementing online gig work programs to enable vulnerable populations - such as youth, women...
This Short Note is part of a series building on the report Working without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work that aims to promote discussion among policymakers and practitioners on opportunities...
This Short Note is the first in a series based on the report “Working without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work” aimed at sparking discussions among policymakers and practitioners regarding...
Online gig work poses both opportunities and challenges for governments and workers. On the upside, it offers prospects for income generation, especially in developing countries, where most people work...
This chapter investigates challenges to extending social protections (including social assistance and social insurance [SI]) to gig workers and especially examines the issue in the context of developing...
Le travail à la demande en ligne présente à la fois des opportunités et des défis pour les gouvernements et les travailleurs. Il offre en revanche des perspectives de revenus, notamment dans les pays en...
This chapter uses a data science–driven approach to develop an updated and more complete database of online gig work platforms. Building on earlier efforts, this study makes a targeted attempt to especially...
By providing flexibility in location and time, reduced friction in matching customers and clients, and low entry barriers, online gig work provides opportunities for individuals who face constraints in...
Online gig work is a rapidly increasing new form of work that poses tough challenges and trade-offs for policy makers. On the upside, it brings opportunities for income generation, especially in developing...
The past decade has seen dramatic transformations in the labor market. Decentralization of information networks, big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud infrastructure services, availability...
El trabajo por encargo en línea plantea tanto oportunidades como desafíos para los gobiernos y los trabajadores. Por el lado positivo, ofrece perspectivas para la generación de ingresos, especialmente...
There are no systematic ways to estimate how many people work in the gig economy, despite its place as a new, growing segment of the workforce that has implications for labor market and social protection...
在线零工工作对政府和劳动者来说既是机遇也是挑战。从好的方面来看，它提供了创收前景，特别是在发展中国家，因为那里的大多数人从事的是低生产率、低质量、往往是非正规的工作。零工工作的虚拟且往往是临时性，也为女性、青年、移民和残疾人等经常被忽视的群体提供了灵活性。这些工作可以帮助低技能工人学习关键的数字技能，缩小数字鸿沟，从而帮助他们获得更高质量的工作。 但大多数零工工作对工人几乎没有保护，收入来源不确定，也没有明确的职业道路。根据当地劳动法规，许多零工工作者在工作时无法保护他们免受不公平待遇、虐待或伤害。零工工作也给管理数据安全和隐私带来了挑战。...
يطرح العمل المؤقت عبر الإنترنت فرصا وتحديات للحكومات والعمال. وعلى الجانب الإيجابي، فإنه يوفر آفاقا لتوليد الدخل، وخاصة في البلدان النامية، حيث يعمل معظم الناس في وظائف منخفضة الإنتاجية ومنخفضة الجودة...
Онлайновая гиг-занятость создает как возможности, так и проблемы для правительств и работников. Положительным моментом является то, что она открывает перспективы для получения дохода, особенно в развивающихся...
Online gig work poses both opportunities and challenges for governments and workers. On the upside, it offers prospects for income generation, especially in developing countries, where most people work...
SOL is the Portuguese acronym for Online Bidding Solution (Solução Online de Licitação). SOL is a GovTech solution for community-level procurements carried out under community-driven development (CDD)...
The REACH Trust Fund supported a study to evaluate how the use of incentives impacted the production, procurement, and utilization of supplementary reading materials in lower primary grades in Nepal.
Vietnam has the legal framework in place to protect consumers online but is lacking enforcement mechanisms that are adequate for confronting the distinct challenges of the digital economy. Effective online...
The value added tax (VAT) system in North Macedonia is consistent with the approach to indirect taxation adopted by most countries and the EU before the advent of e-commerce. Allowing foreign suppliers...
