Documents et rapports

Subnational Business Ready in the European Union 2024 : Croatia (anglais)

This year, the Subnational B-READY series cover 40 cities in six EU Member States—Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, and the Slovak Republic—covering 36 European regions. In Croatia, the Subnational...

Change-Makers : Empowering Youth for Inclusive Societies - Executive Summary (anglais)

This paper presents a review of global evidence and World Bank operational experience and distills lessons to support the empowerment of youth. The review of global literature reveals three fundamental...

Burundi - Projet pour l'Emploi et la Transformation Economique (PRETE) : Mission d’Appui à la Mise en Œuvre - du 2 au 11 Octobre 2024 (français)

El Salvador - Proyecto Promoviendo Oportunidades de Empleo y Desarrollo de Habilidades : Misión de Apoyo a la Implementación - Julio 22 al 26 de 2024 (espagnol)

From Thousands to Millions : Scaling Up SPJs’ Results on Jobs in Africa (anglais)

Africa’s labor market realities underline the need for a focus on short term results for jobs now alongside long-term foundational investments that produce results for jobs tomorrow. The region needs to...

Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN) Manual : Methodology and Quality Checks : JOIN Database (anglais)

The Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN) provides information on labor market outcomes from countries across all income groups with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. The sources are in most...

The Two-Step Jobs Diagnostic Approach (anglais)

Good jobs are often a key economic issue in advanced and developing economies alike. Jobs outcomes that are socially sub-optimal, inefficient, or inequitable vary a great deal by country, but can include...

Operationalizing JET​ in AFW (anglais)

There are clear synergies between the JET, gender, and climate/GRID lens, all of which are critical for country level portfolio assessments, e.g., more gender-balanced labor market, green growth. ​Economic...

Ethiopia - Competitiveness and Job Creation Project (anglais)

Ratings for the Competitiveness and Job Creation Project for Ethiopia were as follows: outcome was moderately satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality was...

Indonesia's Informal Economy: Measurement, Evidence, and a Research Agenda (anglais)

Indonesia has made remarkable economic progress since the Asian Financial Crisis. To sustain its growth and achieve high-income status by 2045, it needs to address the long-standing challenge of informality...

Is There Job Polarization in Developing Economies? : A Review and Outlook (anglais)

In this paper the authors analyze the evidence of job polarization - the relative decline of mid-wage jobs in developing and emerging economies. They carry out an extensive literature review, revealing...

Jobs Diagnostics - World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) Benchmarking Tool (anglais)

This tool provides charts and tables of indicators from the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES). It is intended to help analysts diagnose the key policy, institutional, or market failures causing sub optimal...

Afro‑descendant Youth and the Labor Market (anglais)

Despite social and economic advances over the past decades, racial inequality remains expressive and persistent in labor markets in Brazil. A a mix-method study commissioned by the World Bank and carried...

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Public Sector Labor Market and Its Implications (anglais)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) face the dual and interlinked challenge of lack of jobs and low quality of public services. Labor force participation rates, especially of women, are among the lowest in Europe...

Diagnosing the Binding Constraints to Better Jobs : An Approach and Framework (anglais)

The persistent lack of good jobs that is, an inadequate level or quality of jobs, inefficient and/or inequitable jobs outcomes is a key economic issue in developing (and some developed) economies. Yet...

Mongolia Jobs Diagnostic : More Vibrant and Inclusive Labor Markets for Economic Recovery and Diversification - Synthesis Report (anglais)

The objective of the jobs diagnostic (JD) is to generate evidence that will inform policies that create more and better jobs in Mongolia while moving toward a more diversified economy. Sustained economic...

Introducing Unemployment Insurance Program in Indonesia : Implementation Guidelines Based on International Experience (anglais)

In 2021 Indonesia started to implement unemployment insurance program through the issuance of Government Regulation 37/2021 on Job-Loss Guarantee (Jaminan Kehilangan Pekerjaan, JKP). The implementation...

Western and Central Africa Education Strategy : Chapter 6 - High-Impact Interventions to Build Job Relevant Skills for All (anglais)

Chapter 6 of the Western and Central Africa Education Strategy examines the challenge of job-relevant skills development and research in AFW and identifies high-impact interventions to improve the performance...

Colombia Jobs Diagnostic : Structural Challenges for the Creation of More and Better Jobs (anglais)

In mid-2020, the Government of Colombia launched a labor reform consultation process (Misión de Empleo) in response to a deterioration in pre-Covid19 employment indicators and changing economic and labor...

Support to the Labor Market Integration of Refugees in Greece : Output 4 - Supporting Material for a Process Evaluation in the I.Ref.Job Pilot (anglais)

Program evaluation refers to an assessment of its design, implementation, and impact on key program objectives to generate lessons learned and to inform decision makers. There are several different types...