Photo: Masaru Goto / World Bank Raian Divanbeigi, Werner Kornexl, Maho Hatayama Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains-Tonle Sap landscape draws tourists from around the world and generates forest products such as rattan, resin, bamboo, and cardamon that can provide sustainable jobs and income for local communities. By investing in this protected area, the World Bank’s Cambodia…
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Photo: Scott Wallace / World Bank Raian Divanbeigi, Yiruo Li, Jiang Ru, Suiko Yoshijima Bricks help build Bangladesh’s growing economy, employing about 1.2 million workers and providing essential livelihoods to vulnerable populations such as the illiterate, poor, and migrants. But the sector also contributes to rising air pollution due to the traditional and outdated…
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Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank Authors: Mansur Ahmed, Raian Divanbeigi, and FNU Jonaed Bangladesh’s livestock sector provides vital opportunities for people in rural areas, women, youth, and vulnerable groups. The sector employs a significant number of Bangladeshis, accounting for 14.5 percent of overall employment and over one-third of agricultural employment. An even stronger…
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Photo: Dominic Chavez/World Bank Patricia Bernedo, Vismay Parikh, Elena Glinskaya How can micro and small enterprises best invest in people’s skills and create jobs? And how can we measure the impact of support to these enterprises? The World Bank’s Ghana Jobs and Skills project – with assistance from the Jobs Group’s Jobs Multi-Donor Umbrella Trust…
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Photo: Peter Kapuscinski / World Bank Authors: Tatiana Segal, Raian Divanbeigi, Anita Okemini, Yiruo Li Tajikistan is one of the least developed countries in Central Asia, with constraints to its development including fragility, conflict, and violence. Employment in Tajikistan is low, particularly for youth, women, and returning migrants. More than one in three young Tajiks…
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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…
DetailsPhoto: 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…
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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…
DetailsDialogue 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…
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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…
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