Documents et rapports

Burundi - Projet pour l'Emploi et la Transformation Economique : Missions de Supervision - du 27 Mai au 7 Juin et du 23 au 29 Juin 2024 (français)

Globalization, Dutch Disease, and Vulnerability to External Shocks in a Small Open Economy : The Case of Lebanon in 1916 and 2019 (anglais)

This paper investigates the similarities between the economy of 1912 Mount Lebanon on the eve of the famine of 1916 and the economy of 2004 Lebanon that set the stage for the major economic and social...

Leveraging Trade for More and Better Job Opportunities in Developing Countries : A Framework for Policy (anglais)

Trade and labor markets are intimately connected. This connection presents governments with a dual economic challenge that cannot be resolved without social compromise: maximizing aggregate gains but minimizing...

مل بال حدود: وعود وأخطار العمل الحر المؤقت عبر اإلنترنت (WORK GIG) - ملخص (arabe)

يطرح العمل المؤقت عبر الإنترنت فرصا وتحديات للحكومات والعمال. وعلى الجانب الإيجابي، فإنه يوفر آفاقا لتوليد الدخل، وخاصة في البلدان النامية، حيث يعمل معظم الناس في وظائف منخفضة الإنتاجية ومنخفضة الجودة...

Is the Global Economy Deglobalizing ? And If So, Why? And What Is Next? (anglais)

Data on global trade as well as capital and labor flows indicate a slowdown, but not reversal, of globalization post the 2008–09 financial crisis. Yet profound changes in the policy environment and public...

Did the 2018 Trade War Improve Job Opportunities for US Workers ? (anglais)

This paper uses data on the near universe of job adverts posted online in the US to study the impact of the 2018 trade war on US job opportunities. It develops measures of labor market exposure to three...

Who on Earth Can Work from Home ? (anglais)

This paper reviews the emerging literature on which jobs can be performed from home and presents new estimates of the prevalence of such jobs based on the task content of occupations, their technology...

Pakistan - Economic Revitalization of Khyber Pakhtunkwa Project (anglais)

Ratings of Economic Revitalization of Khyber Pakhtunkwa (ERKP) Project for Pakistan were as follows: outcome was satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality was...