Documents et rapports

Gulf Economic Update : Structural Reforms and Shifting Social Norms to Increase Women's Labor Force Participation (anglais)

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies have been a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic landscape. Average growth in the GCC surpassed 7 percent in 2022 led by Saudi Arabia, its biggest economy...

Better Public Employment Services - Ten Country Cases to Inform Reforms in Developing Countries (anglais)

Public employment services (PES) are specific government entities with various functions that support the promotion of employment, depending on national employment policies and its legislated remit. They...

The jobs agenda for the Gulf cooperation council countries (anglais)

The economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) grew several folds over the past decades, making impressive improvements in key development indicators, supported by massive investments in extractive...

Western Balkans Labor Market Trends 2017 (anglais)

Labor markets in the Western Balkan countries, comprising Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, are characterized by low employment rates and high unemployment...

Firm dynamics and job creation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (anglais)

Good jobs are in short supply in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Sustainable, better employment opportunities must come from higher labor demand from a dynamic and internationally competitive...

Looking for skills in the former Yugoslav Republic Macedonia (anglais)

This report presents new insights on the availability and demand for skills, drawing on two innovative surveys: a household level survey to measure the supply of skills in the adult population, and an...

Serbia - Getting Value for Money in Social Service Delivery for Serbia : Synthesis Report (anglais)

The Government of Serbia has embarked on a program to review the functions of various entities in the state administration. The aim of the review is to support the government’s effort to control the wage...

Skills gaps and the path to successful skills development : emerging findings from skills measurement surveys in Armenia, Georgia, FYR Macedonia, and Ukraine (anglais)

Golden aging : prospects for healthy, active, and prosperous aging in Europe and Central Asia (anglais)

Societies across Europe and Central Asia are aging, but people are not necessarily living longer. This demographic trend-caused by a decrease in fertility rather than improved longevity-presents both challenges...

Golden aging : prospects for healthy, active, and prosperous aging in Europe and Central Asia : Золотой век старения: перспективы здоровой, активной и обеспеченной старости (russe)

Societies across Europe and Central Asia are aging, but people are not necessarily living longer. This demographic trend-caused by a decrease in fertility rather than improved longevity-presents both challenges...

Aging with growth in Central Europe and the Baltics : what’s next for old Europe? (anglais)

Europe’s population is growing older. People are living longer and healthier lives. Wealthier European Union (EU) countries have enjoyed near‐universal access to better health care and seen public health...

The inverting pyramid : pension systems facing demographic challenges in Europe and Central Asia (Vol. 1 of 2) : Overview (anglais)

The pension and old age security systems that originated in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been effective in sharply reducing poverty rates among the elderly throughout Europe. However...

The inverting pyramid : pension systems facing demographic challenges in Europe and Central Asia (Vol. 2 of 2) : Main report (anglais)

The pension and old age security systems that originated in Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been effective in sharply reducing poverty rates among the elderly throughout Europe. However...

FYR Macedonia - Employment and job creation : labor market assessment 2007-2011 (anglais)

This note forms part of a broader engagement between the World Bank and the Government of FYR Macedonia on how to foster more and better jobs and make sure that more marginalized groups, women, low earners...

Employment recovery stalls in Europe and Central Asia (anglais)

Employment recovery stalls in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to recover in most ECA countries, but the recovery remains fragile. Growth prospects remain poor in...

Employment recovery stalls in Europe and Central Asia (russe)

Employment recovery stalls in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to recover in most ECA countries, but the recovery remains fragile. Growth prospects remain poor in...

Active labor market programs : how, why, when, and to what extent are they effective? (anglais)

Active labor market programs (ALMPs) aim to keep workers employed, bring them into employment, increase their productivity and earnings, and improve the functioning of labor markets. ALMPs to retain employment...

Active labor market programs : how, why, when, and to what extent are they effective? (russe)

Active labor market programs (ALMPs) aim to keep workers employed, bring them into employment, increase their productivity and earnings, and improve the functioning of labor markets. ALMPs to retain employment...

In from the shadow : integrating Europe's informal labor (anglais)

This book is about Magda and Jacek and millions of others like them, who earn a living working full- or part-time in Europe's untaxed markets for goods, services, and labor. Magda was certified as a hairdresser...

Employment Recovery in Europe and Central Asia (anglais)

Despite high unemployment in most Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries, people have not withdrawn from the labor market but continue to actively look for jobs. Unemployment increased significantly...