This report reviews the main social protection programs in Mali. It covers social insurance, social assistance and labour market programs.
This paper investigates the parenthood penalty in Indonesian labor markets, with a focus on gender disparities. It uses longitudinal data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey from 1993 to 2014 and...
The world of work is facing one of the most significant technological transformations since industrialization. Throughout history, technological developments have transformed the economy and shaped...
Gig Work, a term coined around 1915 and more recently popularized by platform work, describes the exchange of labor for money on a short-term and payment-by-task basis. At present, gig work, flexi-work, ...
This paper aims to strengthen the evidence base on the employment of migrant workers, the employment of Malaysian workers, and the automatability of tasks performed within occupations in Malaysia. It...
Impressive economic growth in the United Republic of Tanzania since 2000 propelled it into lowermiddle-income country (LMIC)1 status in 2020. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is composed...
Impressive economic growth in the United Republic of Tanzania since 2000 propelled it into lowermiddle-income country (LMIC)1 status in 2020. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is composed...
This paper aims to strengthen the evidence base on the employment of migrant workers, the employment of Malaysian workers, and the automatability of tasks performed within occupations in Malaysia. It...
Strong economic growth, improvements in labor incomes and in educational attainment, and the expansion of social protection programs helped significantly reduce Namibia’s poverty rate between...
Poverty is on a declining trend in Georgia, buoyed by recent robust economic growth and labor market improvements. Between 2016 and 2022, the poverty rate, measured by the international poverty line...
The stagnation of poverty incidence (and the rise in inequality) occurred despite moderate economic growth, which averaged 3.5 percent over the past decade. This is partly due to barriers in the labor...
Poverty has remained nearly stagnant in Niger, with a national poverty incidence of approximately 41 percent from 2018 to 2021. However, due to a high annual population growth rate of 3.7 percent, this...
Armenia has made important advances in promoting gender equality in recent years. Yet the country stands to benefit from the narrowing of persistent gaps in human endowment, economic opportunity, and...
Economic growth is projected at 3.2 percent in 2024, with robust growth supported by strong consumption from higher wages, fiscal stimulus, and import substitution. Inflation has remained above the...
Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rose 2.7 percent in Q1 2024, form 1.6 percent in 2023 due to the modest economic expansion in the European Union (EU) and a deceleration in investment growth...
Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rose 2.7 percent in Q1 2024, form 1.6 percent in 2023 due to the modest economic expansion in the European Union (EU) and a deceleration in investment growth...
The rapid expansion of the digital economy has transformed the labor market, particularly through the rise of platform-based work. Despite the opportunities it brought into the lives of many workers...
This brief is developed as part of a series and provides an overview of the empirical evidenceon the impacts of regulatory and worker protection interventions related to digital work platforms. The ...