Shocks and crises pose significant threats to human development, disproportionately affecting poor and vulnerable households. These shocks, whether natural disasters, economic crises, or political upheavals...
Amid rapid labor market changes and aging workforces, countries need institutionalized programs and services that support lifelong skill development and utilization, from the school-to-work transition...
Burundi’s shift from its initial management information systems (MIS) to the open-source CORE-MIS (powered by open IMIS) offers valuable insights in terms of implementation approach for other countries...
Longstanding problems and new challenges often combine to require urgent solutions. Economic growth rates today in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are low and have been so for too long. This translates...
Longstanding problems and new challenges often combine to require urgent solutions. Economic growth rates today in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are low and have been so for too long. This translates...
East Asia is helping the rest of the world decarbonize and encouraging the domestic adoption of renewable energy. But there is an imbalance: Even as the region’s innovation and investment improve global...
East Asia is helping the rest of the world decarbonize and encouraging the domestic adoption of renewable energy. But there is an imbalance: Even as the region’s innovation and investment improve global...
This report analyzes the impact of new technologies, such as robots, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital platforms, on labor markets in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Technical feasibility...
In the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, total factor productivity growth has slowed over the past two decades. Why this slowdown has come at a time of rapid technological progress is a puzzle. This...
This report analyzes the impact of new technologies, such as robots, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital platforms, on labor markets in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Technical feasibility...
In the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, total factor productivity growth has slowed over the past two decades. Why this slowdown has come at a time of rapid technological progress is a puzzle. This...
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...
Nigeria has the potential to become an economic powerhouse. Its large and growing population and its regional trade ties through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) offer the potential...
Nigeria has the potential to become an economic powerhouse. Its large and growing population and its regional trade ties through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) offer the potential...
Este informe resume las principales tendencias relacionadas con los mercados laborales en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) en el período 2016-24, utilizando encuestas laborales armonizadas de la Base de...
This brief summarizes the main trends related to labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the period 2016–24, using harmonized labor surveys from the Labor Database for Latin American...
Since the publication of the previous (2022) RISE edition, progress toward universal electrification reversed course for the first time in 20 years. About 685 million people, most of them living in Sub-Saharan...
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...
Brazil has committed to a 43 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 2005 and 2030 - mainly through increasing the share of sustainable biofuels and clean energy in the energy mix...
In low-income countries, formal health systems are stretched thin, and rural and underserved areas often lack adequate primary healthcare coverage, delaying essential interventions and leaving populations...