This validation of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the period of fiscal year (FY)19-24 and its adjustments through the...
The paper reviews the dynamics of human capital – mostly skills –accumulation and utilization during successful and static episodes of structural transformation in a sample of more than 90 countries over...
The paper reviews the dynamics of human capital – mostly skills –accumulation and utilization during successful and static episodes of structural transformation in a sample of more than 90 countries over...
This evaluation is the first stage of the Independent Evaluation Group’s assessment of the World Bank’s support for more, better, and more inclusive jobs through International Development Association (IDA)...
Statistical profiling tool helps to segment jobseekers by their difficulty/likelihood to find a job, their distance to the labour market, their degree of disadvantage, their likelihood to exhaust unemployment...
This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) will assess the performance of the World Bank Group’s support to Nepal in achieving its development objectives between 2014 and 2023. The evaluation will focus on...
Quantifying the jobs impacts of development interventions is a challenge, largely because much of the impact is indirect. Yet, given the tremendous jobs challenges in developing countries, these impacts...
The objective of the Jobs and Economic Transformation Project for Kenya is to increase private sector investments, access to markets and sustainable finance to create and improve jobs. There are four components...
The brief is the fourth in a series of five briefs that investigate different aspects of the jobs and economic recovery process from the COVID 19 pandemic Nepal. It uses data from the two rounds of the...
The brief is the third in a series of five briefs that investigate different aspects of the jobs and economic recovery process from the COVID 19 pandemic Nepal. It uses data from the two rounds of the...
The brief is the second in a series of five briefs that investigate different aspects of the jobs and economic recovery process from the COVID 19 pandemic Nepal. It uses data from the two rounds of the...
The Country Program Evaluation (CPE) will seek to assess how well the Bank Group–supported strategy was aligned with Georgia’s main development challenges and how effective the Bank Group’s support was...
Better jobs outcomes in fragile, conflict and violence (FCV) situations are critical for ending poverty. Since jobs and stability are linked, public investment in jobs support is particularly justified...
Le Maroc met en œuvre une importante réforme de son système de protection sociale, vers l’universalité, de l’assurance maladie obligatoire (AMO) en 2022 et des allocations familiales (AF) en 2024. Pour...
Ratings for the Pakistan Punjab Jobs and Competitiveness Program for Results were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, the Bank performance was satisfactory, and the monitoring and evaluation quality...
Despite global financial tightening, high oil and food prices, and border restrictions with China in the first half of the year, the Mongolian economy recovered in 2022. Economic growth is estimated at...
Digital platforms have the potential to support the sustained creation of economic value and foster jobs and economic inclusion in South Africa. This assessment examines private digital platforms in South...
The International Development Association (IDA) has included jobs as a special theme since the 17th Replenishment of IDA (IDA17) in 2014, when it explicitly recognized the role played by labor markets...
This descriptive paper provides a nuanced perspective on the relationship between development and migration, extending the non-parametric analysis in Clemens (2020). A few stylized patterns of migration...