Vietnam’s export-led growth strategy and global integration are among the key factors behind the country’s remarkable achievements in growth and poverty reduction over the last two and a half decades...
Turkey’s economic performance has been a tale of two economies, overall high growth, matched by a deterioration in macro-financial conditions. Good progress in vaccination rollouts allowed Turkey to reopen...
The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Cambodian economy—where the growth slowdown was among the most pronounced in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region—lies in the country’s growth generating...
This goal of this report is to identify cross-sectoral policy priorities that, when occurring simultaneously, will create more and better jobs in the context of global mega-trends.
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has abruptly interrupted Cambodia’s celebrated growth story. The pandemic has effectively stalled the construction and real estate boom that relied heavily on...
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has abruptly interrupted Cambodia’s celebrated growth story. The pandemic has effectively stalled the construction and real estate boom that relied heavily on...
Using firm-level data for Georgia, the paper estimates the quasi-elasticity of employment and wages with respect to the share of exports in total sales, to explore whether changes in the structure of sales...
Trade can dramatically improve women’s lives, creating new jobs, enhancing consumer choices, and increasing women’s bargaining power in society. It can also lead to job losses and a concentration of work...
The global epidemiological and economic crisis unleashed by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) poses the greatest threat to Cambodia’s development in its 30 years of modern history. The three most affected sectors...
The global epidemiological and economic crisis unleashed by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) poses the greatest threat to Cambodia’s development in its 30 years of modern history. The three most affected sectors...
Vietnam's export-led growth strategy and global integration are among the key factors behind thecountry's remarkable achievements in growth and poverty reduction over the last two and a halfdecades. During...
Vietnam's export-led growth strategy and global integration are among the key factors behind thecountry's remarkable achievements in growth and poverty reduction over the last two and a halfdecades. During...
Global consumers, international brands, and governments in producing and outsourcing countries aim to improve working conditions in global value chains, but uncertainty exists about what is the best approach...
The ability of workers to transition to a new job is crucial to determine the resilience of an economy to (positive or negative) shocks. This paper provides new evidence on the factors that affect labor...
Recognizing that services affect the ability of countries and their firms to compete on international markets, the World Bank’s Trade and Regional Integration Unit has developed an extensive work program...
Rwanda has made unsurmountable strides along its development path. Today, job creation lies at the heart of Rwanda’s development challenge. The Government of Rwanda (GoR) recognizes the urgency of creating...
Rwanda has made unsurmountable strides along its development path. Rwanda has placed among the world’s fastest-growing economies, climbing the development ladder from second-poorest in the world in 1994...