Documents et rapports
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Building Better Formal TVET Systems : Principles and Practice in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Overview (anglais)
Reform of formal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is urgently needed in most low- and middle-income countries. Demographic trends, coupled with higher rates of students completing...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 183938 Date du document: 22 mai 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Levin,Victoria,Santos,Indhira Vanessa,Weber,Michael,Iqbal,Syedah Aroob,Ashwani Aggarwal,Comyn,Paul John,Katayama,Hiromichi,Hoftijzer,Margo A.
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Building Better Formal TVET Systems : Principles and Practice in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (anglais)
Reform of formal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is urgently needed in most low- and middle-income countries. Demographic trends, coupled with higher rates of students completing...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 183938 Date du document: 22 mai 2024 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Levin,Victoria,Santos,Indhira Vanessa,Weber,Michael,Iqbal,Syedah Aroob,Ashwani Aggarwal,Comyn,Paul John,Katayama,Hiromichi,Hoftijzer,Margo A.
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Protecting Workers, Firms, and Worker-Firm Attachment During COVID-19 : Economic Considerations for the Assessment of Policy Measures (anglais)
Governments around the world provided various types of support to businesses and their employees affected by the by the COVID-19 pandemic, to preserve employer-employee links, organizational knowledge...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 184121 Date du document: 20 juillet 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Carranza,Eliana,Stan Veuger,Weber,Michael
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How Did Countries Respond to the COVID-19 Crisis? Emerging Patterns on Jobs-Relates Policies (anglais)
This brief investigates differences in countries’ jobs-related policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four main patterns emerge. First, the type of labor policies adopted by countries varied greatly...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 181620 Date du document: 19 avril 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria,Khamis,Melanie,Newhouse,David Locke,Weber,Michael
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Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries (anglais)
The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced mobility and economic activity, disrupting the lives of people around the globe. This brief presents estimates on the crisis’ impact...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 181166 Date du document: 3 avril 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Khamis,Melanie,Prinz,Daniel,Newhouse,David Locke,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Pape,Utz Johann,Weber,Michael
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How Well Do Internet-Based Surveys Track Labor Market Indicators in Middle-Income Countries ? (anglais)
Online surveys are convenient, cost-effective, speedy, and increasingly popular instruments for data collection. This study investigates whether online surveys that used Random Domain Intercept Technology...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10359 Date du document: 13 mars 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Soundararajan,Vidhya,Soubeiga,Sidiki,Newhouse,David Locke,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Pape,Utz Johann,Weber,Michael
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From Middle Class to Poverty : The Unequal Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Developing Countries (anglais)
This study combines pre-COVID-19 household surveys with 2020 macro data to simulate changes in household economic welfare and poverty rates through job losses, labor income changes, and non-labor (remittance)...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10304 Date du document: 13 février 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Viollaz,Mariana,Vasconcellos Archer Duque,Daniel,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Newhouse,David Locke,Weber,Michael
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Jobs Watch COVID-19 : Exploring Two Years of Labor Market Policy Responses to COVID‑19 - A Global Effort to Protect Workers and Jobs (anglais)
To mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have responded with an unprecedented number of social protection and jobs interventions. This brief is based on the COVID-19 social protection...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 179361 Date du document: 13 janvier 2023 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kamran,Mareeha,Mujica Canas,Ingrid Veronica,Fontenez,Maria Belen,Newhouse,David Locke,Rodriguez Alas,Claudia P,Weber,Michael
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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis (anglais)
This paper uses high-frequency phone survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda to analyze the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on work (including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work)...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10143 Date du document: 18 août 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Contreras Gonzalez,Ivette Maria,Siwatu,Gbemisola Oseni,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Pieters,Janneke,Weber,Michael
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The Welfare Implications of COVID-19 for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Areas (anglais)
Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on households’ welfare in areas at the admin-1 level subject to fragility, conflict, and violence is important to inform programs and policies in this...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10081 Date du document: 13 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Tabakis,Chrysostomos,Ten,Gi Khan,Merfeld,Joshua David,Newhouse,David Locke,Pape,Utz Johann,Weber,Michael
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Combining Survey and Geospatial Data Can Significantly Improve Gender-Disaggregated Estimates of Labor Market Outcomes (anglais)
Better understanding the geography of women’s labor market outcomes within countries is important to inform targeted efforts to increase women’s economic empowerment. This paper assesses the extent to...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS10077 Date du document: 9 juin 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Merfeld,Joshua David,Newhouse,David Locke,Weber,Michael,Lahiri,Partha
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Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19 : A Real-Time Review of Country Measures (Vol. 1 of 2) (anglais)
As of January 2022, a total of 3,856 social protection and labor measures were planned or implemented by 223 economies. This constitutes a net increase of 523 measures, or 15.6 percent since the last update...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 168386 Date du document: 7 février 2022 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gentilini,Ugo,Almenfi,Mohamed Bubaker Alsafi,Okamura,Yuko,Downes,John Austin,Dale,Pamela,Weber,Michael,Newhouse,David Locke,Rodriguez Alas,Claudia P,Kamran,Mareeha,Mujica Canas,Ingrid Veronica,Fontenez,Maria Belen,Asieduah,Sandra,Mahboobani Martinez,Vikesh Ramesh,Reyes Hartley,Gonzalo Javier,Demarco,Gustavo C.,Abels,Miglena,Zafar,Usama,Urteaga,Emilio Raul,Valleriani,Giorgia,Muhindo,Jimmy Vulembera,Aziz,Sheraz,Tirumala Madabushi Matam I,Hrishikesh
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Short-Term Impacts of Targeted Cash Grants and Business Development Services : Experimental Evidence from Entrepreneurs in Burkina Faso (anglais)
Most support programs targeted at small firms in low- and middle-income countries fail to generate transformative effects at a large scale due to poor targeting, too little flexibility, and the limited...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS9877 Date du document: 9 décembre 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Grimm,Michael,Soubeiga,Sidiki,Weber,Michael
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Investir dans Le Capital Humain pour une Reprise Resiliente : Le Role des Finances Publiques (français)
Le présent document d’orientation examine le rôle des finances publiques dans le développement, la protection et l’utilisation du capital humain au moment où les pays cherchent à sortir de la crise de...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 161059 Date du document: 4 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brixi,Hana,Bronchi,Chiara,Al-Samarrai,Samer,Breeding,Mary E.,Bou Habib,Chadi,Hasnain,Zahid,Kheyfets,Igor,Kurowski,Christoph,Lane,Tracey M.,Matsuda,Yasuhiko,Min,Saw Young,Ozer,Ceren,Oyeyiola,Adenike Sherifat,Rawlings,Laura B.,Weber,Michael,Williamson,Timothy Stephen
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Investing in Human Capital for a Resilient Recovery : The Role of Public Finance (espagnol)
This approach paper considers the role of public finance to build, protect and utilize human capital as countries seek to recover from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and lay a foundation...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 161059 Date du document: 4 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brixi,Hana,Bronchi,Chiara,Al-Samarrai,Samer,Breeding,Mary E.,Bou Habib,Chadi,Hasnain,Zahid,Kheyfets,Igor,Kurowski,Christoph,Lane,Tracey M.,Matsuda,Yasuhiko,Min,Saw Young,Ozer,Ceren,Oyeyiola,Adenike Sherifat,Rawlings,Laura B.,Weber,Michael,Williamson,Timothy Stephen
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Investing in Human Capital for a Resilient Recovery : The Role of Public Finance (portugais)
This approach paper considers the role of public finance to build, protect and utilize human capital as countries seek to recover from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and lay a foundation...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 161059 Date du document: 4 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brixi,Hana,Bronchi,Chiara,Al-Samarrai,Samer,Breeding,Mary E.,Bou Habib,Chadi,Hasnain,Zahid,Kheyfets,Igor,Kurowski,Christoph,Lane,Tracey M.,Matsuda,Yasuhiko,Min,Saw Young,Ozer,Ceren,Oyeyiola,Adenike Sherifat,Rawlings,Laura B.,Weber,Michael,Williamson,Timothy Stephen
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Investing in Human Capital for a Resilient Recovery : The Role of Public Finance (anglais)
This approach paper considers the role of public finance to build, protect and utilize human capital as countries seek to recover from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and lay a foundation...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 161059 Date du document: 4 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brixi,Hana,Bronchi,Chiara,Al-Samarrai,Samer,Breeding,Mary E.,Bou Habib,Chadi,Hasnain,Zahid,Kheyfets,Igor,Kurowski,Christoph,Lane,Tracey M.,Matsuda,Yasuhiko,Min,Saw Young,Ozer,Ceren,Oyeyiola,Adenike Sherifat,Rawlings,Laura B.,Weber,Michael,Williamson,Timothy Stephen
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Investing in Human Capital for a Resilient Recovery : The Role of Public Finance (arabe)
This approach paper considers the role of public finance to build, protect and utilize human capital as countries seek to recover from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and lay a foundation...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 161059 Date du document: 4 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brixi,Hana,Bronchi,Chiara,Al-Samarrai,Samer,Breeding,Mary E.,Bou Habib,Chadi,Hasnain,Zahid,Kheyfets,Igor,Kurowski,Christoph,Lane,Tracey M.,Matsuda,Yasuhiko,Min,Saw Young,Ozer,Ceren,Oyeyiola,Adenike Sherifat,Rawlings,Laura B.,Weber,Michael,Williamson,Timothy Stephen
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Investing in Human Capital for a Resilient Recovery : The Role of Public Finance (russe)
This approach paper considers the role of public finance to build, protect and utilize human capital as countries seek to recover from the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis and lay a foundation...
Type de document: Rapport Numéro du rapport: 161059 Date du document: 4 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Brixi,Hana,Bronchi,Chiara,Al-Samarrai,Samer,Breeding,Mary E.,Bou Habib,Chadi,Hasnain,Zahid,Kheyfets,Igor,Kurowski,Christoph,Lane,Tracey M.,Matsuda,Yasuhiko,Min,Saw Young,Ozer,Ceren,Oyeyiola,Adenike Sherifat,Rawlings,Laura B.,Weber,Michael,Williamson,Timothy Stephen
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How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World? (anglais)
The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global macroeconomic shock since the Great Depression. This brief reports which groups of workers have been hit hardest by the economic fallout of COVID-19 in developing...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 162768 Date du document: 1 août 2021 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kugler,Maurice David,Viollaz,Mariana,Vasconcellos Archer Duque,Daniel,Gaddis,Isis,Newhouse,David Locke,Palacios-Lopez,Amparo,Weber,Michael