Photo: Women teachers and children at the Mother Teresa Daycare Center in The Gambia. Credit: Haddija Jawara Authors: Tanima Ahmed, Anne Hilger, Jason Weaver, Alieu Bah, Alpha Camara Caroline has always had a passion for working with children and noticed that her country, The Gambia, lacks quality childcare. She believed that limited childcare could…
Photo: Curt Carnemark / World Bank Authors: Martin Abel and Eliana Carranza This blog was originally published by and is reprinted by permission from VoxDev. Imagine that you are an 18-year-old in Mexico, you have just graduated from high school and you plan to enter the labor market. Among the most important decisions is…
Authors: Clemente Avila Parra , Aylin Isik Dikmelik and Auri Minaya A young woman in Mexico City stands in a long line, desperate for government assistance to get a job. Despite her college degree, Claudia has jumped from gig to gig since she lost her job during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in…
Dialogue II: Closing the Agricultural Labor Gap: Decent Migrant Work or Automation? Rome, June 7. 14:00 – 15:30 HYBRID EVENT Many high-income countries face severe shortages of agricultural labor. In France alone, 57 percent of all vacancies in agriculture risk going unfilled this year. Raising wages and improving employment conditions has not been enough…
Photo: K M Asas / World Bank Authors: Veronica Michel Gutierrez and Mike Dawe Bangladesh and the World Bank have partnered for more than a decade on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to propel economic diversification and create more modern jobs. The most recent collaboration – the Private Investment and Digital Entrepreneurship (PRIDE) project – recognizes…
Photo Credit: Anatoliy Rakhimbayev / World Bank Authors: Patricia Bernedo, Raian Divanbeigi and Teklu Tesfaye Uzbekistan’s farms and facilities processing dairy, meat, poultry, horse, camels, fish, honey and silk create vital and distinctive products – and are key drivers of jobs for the 80% of poor households who live in rural areas and largely depend…
Links to all recordings of the Jobs Flagship Seminar Series Jobs Flagship Seminar with Oriana Bandiera and Ahmed Elsayed, on G²LM|LIC – Jobs of the World Project (February 2023) In this seminar, Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics) and Ahmed Elsayed (American University in Cairo) presented the Jobs of the World project – a…
Photo credit: Photo: Mohamed Azakir / World Bank Authors: Patricia Bernedo, Siddharth Hari and Efşan Nas Özen As the largest refugee-hosting country in the world, Türkiye has been addressing significant humanitarian challenges. However, the magnitude of the refugee and migrant influx poses substantial development challenges which are faced not only by the displaced populations,…
Photo: Stephan Bachenheimer / World Bank Story Highlights The Agricultural Growth Project is promoting and expanding alternative source of water as part of solving the problems of farmers in areas with low rains and affected by recurrent droughts as result of climate change. The project promotes different improved of seeds, providing technical trainings and…
Photo: K M Asad / World Bank Authors: Xavier Cirera, Marcio Cruz, Antonio Martins-Neto, Kyung Min Lee and Caroline Nogueira Women often lack access to inclusive and transformative technology due to socio-economic barriers and cultural norms, as recognized by the 2023 United Nations International Women’s Day theme “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” This…