Documents et rapports

Service Integration and Case Management for People on the Move : A Review of Selected International Practices (anglais)

This study examines service integration and case management practices for economic migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and returnees, focusing on examples from seven countries. It analyzes these interventions...

Technology and the Future of Work : Global Trends and Policy Directions for Technological Change in the Labor Market (anglais)

The world of work is facing one of the most significant technological transformations since industrialization. Throughout history, technological developments have transformed the economy and shaped jobs...

Macro Poverty Outlook for Bosnia and Herzegovina : October 2024 (anglais)

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...

What Policy Reforms Should Malaysia Undertake to Support the Informally Employed? (anglais)

This report aims to narrow the knowledge gap on informal employment in Malaysia, with the ultimate objective of suggesting policy recommendations to strengthen the protection and productivity of informally...

Public Employment Services (PES) Review - Ireland : Country Case Studies (anglais)

This report reviews the Public Employment Services (PES) governance in Ireland.

Measuring Jobs Impacts : A Decision Framework and Available Methods (anglais)

Economists and policy analysts have devised a wide variety of techniques to determine the impacts of various interventions on labor market outcomes. However, determining which evaluation technique should...

Take-Up and Labor Supply Responses to Disability Insurance Earnings Limits (anglais)

In most disability insurance programs, beneficiaries lose some or all of their benefits if they earn above an earnings threshold. While intended to screen out applicants with high remaining working capacity...

Kyrgyz Republic - Strengthening Social Assistance and Labor Market Programs Project (anglais)

The objective of the of the Strengthening Social Assistance and Labor Market Programs Project is to support the Kyrgyz Republic in mitigating the impact of the economic crisis on poor households and labor...

Cameroon - Juvenocracy : Youth-Shaped IGAA - Tale of Two Countries : Labor Market Profiles of Youth in Urban and Rural Cameroon (anglais)

Low productivity - rather than absolute employment levels - is the main labor market challenge in Cameroon, where vulnerable employment in the form of subsistence farming or self-employment in the informal...

Public Employment Services (PES) Review Workshop - Outreach and Intake (anglais)

Information services are useful tools in the outreach process. Innovative outreach activities are put in place to meet the specific circumstances in each labor market. The outreach process plays an essential...

Public Employment Services (PES) Review Workshop (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. There...

PES Review Workshop - Provision of Services and Benefits (anglais)

Countries allocate resources differently in active and passive labor market programs (LMP). Most countries tend to invest more on passive measures. However, the difference in expenditure between passive...

Расширение возможностей для белорусов на рынке труда (russe)

В этом документе рассматриваются варианты мер политики на рынке труда, включая программы перераспределения рабочей силы в связи с реструктуризацией предприятий в Беларуси. Вначале представлен обзор рынка...

Better Linking Belarusians to Job Opportunities (anglais)

This note focuses on labor market policy options, including labor redeployment programs, associated with enterprise restructuring for Belarus. Starting with a review of Belarus’ labor market, with focus...

Socio-Emotional Skills for Labor Market Outcomes in the TCC (anglais)

Labor market conditions in the Turkish Cypriot community (TCc) are marked by low participation and low employment rates among youth. This is partly due to a combination of: (i) over-subscription in the...

Speech by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the Second 1 6 Roundtable Session 2 : Speech by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the Second 1+6 Roundtable Session 2 (anglais)

This report discusses the speech by World Bank Group (WBG) President Jim Yong Kim at the second roundtable session on China’s economy, promoting reforms in major areas, and accelerating the shift in driving...

Statement of loans for March 2017 : others (anglais)

Jordan - Support to Building Active Labor Market Program Project : الاردن - تقديم الدعم لبناء مشروع برنامج سوق العمل النشطة (arabe)

Labor market institutions : a review of the literature (anglais)

This paper reviews the findings of more than 150 studies on the impacts of four types of labor market institutions: minimum wages, employment protection regulation, unions and collective bargaining, and...

Labor regulation and enterprise employment in China (anglais)

Using data from a national survey of Chinese manufacturing firms conducted in 2009, the authors analyze the impact of implementation of China's 2008 labor contract law on the employment of production workers...