The refugee crisis in Africa is escalating, and pressures on host countries are mounting. The existing refugee response system thus already struggles to deliver acceptable outcomes for refugees; worse...
Promoting refugee self-reliance represents one of the best opportunities to arrive at a sustainable refugee response model. Self-reliance enhances refugee financial autonomy and reduces dependence on humanitarian...
The refugee crisis in Africa is escalating, and pressures on host countries are mounting. The existing refugee response system thus already struggles to deliver acceptable outcomes for refugees; worse...
In the Mashreq countries of Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, women’s economic opportunities are significantly constrained, with female labor force participation rates among the lowest globally. Women face considerable...
Despite significant progress in reducing poverty, the Philippines continues to face high inequality, which stayed elevated in the early 2000s as the economy grew. Although inequality has gradually declined...
This paper examines vertical skills mismatch in Türkiye using a refined measure that adjusts for occupation, age group, sector, and year to isolate genuine education-job misalignment from compositional...
The development objective of the Cash for Jobs Project for Burundi is to strengthen management capacity, scale up safety net programs, and promote productive inclusion and access to jobs; and to provide...
The development objective of the Human Capital and Women and Girls' Empowerment Project (MAÏNGO) for Central African Republic is to enhance access to essential health services, education and employment...
This Guidance Note was developed to support Public Employment Services in navigating complex decisions involved in digitalizing employment services. As the role of PES evolves with the need to balance...
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The Entrepreneurial Mindset Development Program (EMDP) led to increased agency among students over their education, careers, own goals, basic financial literacy, and risk preferences. Students who participated...
Economic growth and job creation remain key challenges for Jordan, where the economy has only grown by an annual average of 2.5 percent over the past decade. Unemployment is persistently high (22.3 percent...
While the Philippines has been one of the most dynamic economies in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, with gross national income (GNI) per capita more than tripling, and poverty declining sharply...
Generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) is set to potentially transform the labor market, presenting both opportunities and challenges. Studies about its possible impacts have generally focused on...
From 2001 to 2012, Indonesia enjoyed strong economic growth, averaging 5.6 percent per annum, while the poverty rate halved to 11 percent. The employment rate reached a two-decade record high in 2019...
The objective of the Second Formal Employment Creation Project for Turkiye is to enhance the conditions for formal job creation by firms operating in earthquake-affected provinces. The project has two...
Ratings for the Improving Youth Employability Through Informal Apprenticeship Project (PEJA) for Senegal were as follows: outcome was moderately satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring...
This paper proposes a dynamic regulatory framework that adapts to the evolving structural transformation of economies across sectoral, spatial, occupational, and organizational dimensions. It highlights...