Documents et rapports

Returns to Soft Skills Training in Rwanda (anglais)

Young adults seeking to enter the labor market often confront a skills mismatch with firms reporting difficulty finding new entrants with appropriate levels of soft skills. This paper reports findings...

Conscientiousness and Labor Market Returns : Evidence from a Field Experiment in West Africa (anglais)

Despite extensive evidence on the importance of non-cognitive skills for labor market outcomes, to what extent training can affect specific skills in adulthood remains an open question. This paper conducts...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Bosnia and Herzegovina Provision of Private Employment Services - P171433 - Sequence No : 01 (anglais)

Cambodia - Social Protection and Future Jobs Programmatic ASA : Summary Report on Virtual Workshop on NEA Facilitator’s Training (anglais)

The social protection and jobs team organized a virtual training workshop for training facilitators from the national employment agency (NEA) from October 26 and 27, 2020. The main objective of the training...

Industrialization on a Knife's Edge : Productivity, Labor Costs and the Rise of Manufacturing in Ethiopia (anglais)

The latest push for industrialization in Ethiopia has attracted much academic and public interest. This paper assesses Ethiopia's competitiveness and attractiveness as an investment destination by comparing...

Interest Bearing Notes (August 2019) (anglais)

Interest Bearing Notes is a product of the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on research by the team, as well as non-World Bank research...

Afghanistan - SOUTH ASIA- P159291- Afghan Women's Economic Empowerment - Procurement Plan (anglais)

Appraisal Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet(ISDS) - Supporting Youth Inclusive Local Development in Kosovo - P165485 (anglais)

The Short-Term Impact of Inter-Community Volunteering Activities and Soft Skills Training on Self-Reported Social Cohesion Values : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Lebanon (anglais)

Despite its growing popularity, evidence that volunteering enhances civic values and social cohesion among different communities remains limited in developing countries. This study presents novel evidence...

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (ISDS) - Supporting Youth Inclusive Local Development in Kosovo - P165485 (anglais)

Niger - Skills development for Growth Project : environmental assessment : Cadre de gestion environnemental et social (français)

Evaluation of the work-progression and productivity toolkit : final report (anglais)

This report summarizes findings from a randomized control trial evaluating the work-progression and productivity toolkit (WPT). The goal of WPT is to provide female operators with skills that lead to promotion...

Cutting through the cloth ceiling (anglais)

IFC’s Work-Progression and Productivity Toolkit (WPT) is a training program for female sewing operators designed to redress the imbalance on sewing lines in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment(RMG) factories...

Lebanon - National Volunteer Service Program : P126734 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 10 (anglais)

Iraq - Promoting the Inclusion of Conflict-Affected Iraqi Youth Project : additional financing : Iraq - Promoting the Inclusion of Conflict-Affected Iraqi Youth Project (anglais)

The development objective of Promoting the Inclusion of Conflict-Affected Iraqi Youth Project for Iraq is to promote the social and economic inclusion of at least 3,000 conflict-affected Iraqi youth (ages...

Appraisal Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Concept Stage) - Promoting the Inclusion of Conflict-Affected Iraqi Youth - P161654 (anglais)

Iraq - Promoting the Inclusion of Conflict-Affected Iraqi Youth Project : environmental assessment : Environmental management framework (anglais)

The development objective of the Promoting the Inclusion of Conflict-Affected Iraqi Youth Project for Iraq is to promote the social and economic inclusion of at least 3,000 conflict-affected Iraqi youth...

Lebanon - National Volunteer Service Program Project : additional financing (anglais)

The development objective of the National Volunteer Service Program Project for Lebanon is to increase youth civic engagement which in the medium term will contribute to improved social cohesion across...

Lebanon - National Volunteer Service Program : P126734 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 09 (anglais)

Lebanon youth - National volunteer service program strengthening and sustainability : soft skills training - training of trainers : Lessons learned from the October 2016 training of trainers’ event around the soft skills curriculum building a better tomorrow and next steps (anglais)

The National Volunteer Service Program (NVSP) focuses on involving Lebanese youth in volunteering activities, under the stewardship of the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), and in partnership...