This report outlines the actions undertaken to support Croatia’s Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family, and Social Policy (MLPSFSP) in making the system for monitoring deinstitutionalization (DI) operational...
Croatia’s economic activity continued to expand in the first half of 2024, mainly driven by strong domestic demand. The medium-term outlook is relatively favorable, as the external environment is expected...
Croatia’s economic activity continued to expand in the first half of 2024, mainly driven by strong domestic demand. The medium-term outlook is relatively favorable, as the external environment is expected...
Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rose 2.7 percent in Q1 2024, form 1.6 percent in 2023 due to the modest economic expansion in the European Union (EU) and a deceleration in investment growth. Upcoming...
Are changes in the labor market in response to changes in exports contained specifically within exporting industries, or do they disperse throughout the economy through supply chain linkages? This paper...
The labor market constitutes a major component of any economy because it is intricately linked to markets for capital, goods, and services. The availability of both a household-level survey conducted by...
This paper examines how women’s fertility responds to increases in their earnings and household wealth, using six experiments conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contrary to predictions that an increase in...
The Western Balkans Labor Market Brief presents highlights of the SEE Jobs Gateway labor market observatory. This brief describes the development of key labor market indicators for all those aged 15-64...
Los venezolanos constituyen la población extranjera más importante en el Ecuador y enfrentan desafíos de inserción social y económica debido a su vulnerabilidad y las condiciones desafiantes del país de...
Aspirations have become a common theme in empirical economics studies but there is no unified understanding of the range of outcomes they influence, the factors that shape them, and how to measure them...
The authors identify five areas where climate change may impact work and draw lessons for developing countries by reviewing the evidence. Firstly, demand for labor is unevenly affected, with agriculture...
A large literature highlights the need for low- and middle-income countries to establish adaptive social safety nets responsive to labor market shifts. While much is known about safety nets' expansion...
This evaluation is the first stage of the Independent Evaluation Group’s assessment of the World Bank’s support for more, better, and more inclusive jobs through International Development Association (IDA)...
Trade expansion can create more and better jobs. This paper revisits the linkages between trade and jobs, focusing on employment, labor incomes, and job activities across a large sample of countries and...
The purpose of the note is to inform the design of policies and instruments that can enhance labor market outcomes of Brazil’s poor and vulnerable populations. Global and regional experiences show that...
The International Development Association (IDA) has included jobs as a special theme since the 17th Replenishment of IDA (IDA17) in 2014, when it explicitly recognized the role played by labor markets...
This study provides new evidence on the local labor market impacts of trade, differentiating between the employment, income, migration, and informality channels. It uses a unique dataset matching information...
Period ekonomskog rasta u protekloj deceniji doveo je do smanjenja siromaštva i poboljšanja rezultata na tržištu rada u Crnoj Gori. I dalje postoje znatni izazovi koji su pogoršani pandemijom bolesti COVID-19...
A period of economic growth over the past decade led to a reduction in poverty and improvements in labor market outcomes in Montenegro. Substantial challenges remain, which have been aggravated by the...
Recent trends threaten to reverse years of poverty reduction. Social protection and labor policies were central to Brazil’s social progress, but their sustainability and impact are at risk. Policy reforms...