Documents et rapports

Working Without Borders : The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work - Short Note Series Number Six : Spotlight on Gender Gaps in Online Hourly Rates  (anglais)

The global online gig workforce is expanding rapidly, now making up nearly 12 percent of the global labor force. The flexibility of working hours and location associated with online gig work uniquely positions...

Working Without Borders - The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work : Chapter 8 - What Can We Do? : Policy Recommendations (anglais)

Online gig work is a rapidly increasing new form of work that poses tough challenges and trade-offs for policy makers. On the upside, it brings opportunities for income generation, especially in developing...

Silver Hues : Building Age-Ready Cities Japan - Background Paper (anglais)

Japan’s shift toward a super-aged society is being fueled by a combination of demographic factors. These include declining marriage and fertility rates and increases in life expectancy enabled by advances...

Iraq High Frequency Phone Survey (IHFPS) to Monitor Socioeconomic Trends During COVID-19 : Results from October, November, December 2020, and January 2021 Rounds (anglais)

Iraq is among the most pandemic-impacted countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in terms of the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and deaths. As an early response, both the government...

Labor Supply and Demand Projection in Sub-Saharan Africa : Case Study in Cote d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo (anglais)

The objective of this study is to develop a labor supply and demand projection model that can simulate the evolution of both the supply and demand sides of the labor market under varying policy and socioeconomic...

Job Outcomes in the Towns of South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan - First Technical Report (anglais)

This study assesses jobs outcomes in the towns of South Sudan, based on a 2017 household survey and a dedicated 2019 youth jobs survey. It discusses how years of conflict have touched nearly all livelihoods...

The Utilization-adjusted Human Capital Index (UHCI) (anglais)

The World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI) is based on the productivity gains of future workers from human capital accumulation. But in many developing countries, a sizeable fraction of people are not employed...

The Labor Market Effects of Venezuelan Migration in Ecuador (anglais)

As of 2019, more than 1.2 million Venezuelans passed through Ecuador and more than 400,000 settled (almost 3 percent of Ecuador's population). This paper analyzes the location choices of Venezuelan migrants...

Romania – General and Prospective Diagnosis of the Territorial Development of the Country : II. Prospective Diagnosis (anglais)

Cluj County Spatial Plan : Substantiation Study on Social Impact Assessment (anglais)

The welfare and the living standard strongly depend on the material and financial resources accessible to the working population. During the last three decades, while the size of the population of Cluj...

Constraints to Productive Employment Faced by Safety Nets Beneficiaries in the Sahel : Results of a Multi-Country Qualitative Assessment (anglais)

In the Sahel subregion, which extends over Central and Western Africa, low labor productivity poses a challenge to poverty reduction, economic growth, and social stability. Social Safety Net Projects target...

Growth after War in Syria (anglais)

This paper addresses three questions: 1) what would have been the growth and income trajectory of Syria in the absence of war; 2) given the war, what explains the reduction in economic growth in terms...

Supply of skills in Moldova : Findings from the Moldova Skills Measurement Survey (MSMS) (anglais)

The objective of this report is to fill the observed knowledge gaps on skills supply in Moldova by providing the first findings from the Moldova Skills Measurement Survey (MSMS). The rest of the report...

Moldova Country Poverty Brief (anglais)

This country poverty brief explains about the progress of Moldova in reducing poverty as of April 2019. The upper middle-income poverty rate decreased to 16.3 percent in 2015 from 18.4 in 2014 and stayed...

Harnessing a Young Nation’s Demographic Dividends through a Universal NDC Pension Scheme : A Case Study of Tanzania (anglais)

About one-half of Africa’s population will remain below age 30 well past 2050,with relatively few aged 60 and older. Using Tanzania’s projected demographics and presenteconomic point of departure, this...

The Latvian NDC Scheme : Success Under a Decreasing Labor Force (anglais)

Latvia introduced a nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) scheme in 1996 as it transitioned to a market economy. Despite a 20 percent decline in the working-age population from 1994–2016, the ratio of...

Sweden : Adjoining the Guarantee Pension with NDC (anglais)

This paper analyzes old-age incomes in Sweden from a pension policy perspective, focusing on both the economic position of elderly citizens and the redistributive effects of the pension system’s different...

Western Balkans Labor Market Trends 2019 (anglais)

This third report on Western Balkan labor market trends presents a descriptive analysis of key labor market indicators for the six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic...

Disclosable Restructuring Paper - Moldova Skills Data Capacity Building - P154573 (anglais)

The objective of the Moldova Skills Data Capacity Building Project is to strengthen the Government of Moldova’s capacity for evidence-based policymaking in the area of skills and employment through supporting...

Potential Growth : Outlook and Options for the Russian Federation (anglais)

This paper examines the past and future trajectory of the Russian Federation's potential growth: the speed at which an economy could grow if all resources were utilized efficiently. The findings show that...