Colombia – Jobs Diagnostic
Job Creation, Productivity growth, Quality of job, Labor market performance, Inclusive economic growth, Employment growth
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#31 These types of workers were most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
Photo: World Bank Authors: Michael Weber and David Newhouse There is now clear evidence that the devastating economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were distributed unequally among workers in many developed countries. We recently explored how the crisis has affected different types of workers and find substantial differences. Drawing on phone survey data from about 40 developing…
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#30 The evolving labor market impacts of COVID-19 in developing countries
Photo: World Bank Authors: Michael Weber and David Newhouse Even a year and a half after lockdowns started to go into effect, it’s difficult to get a clear picture of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Global South. Face-to-face data collection has been suspended in most of the world due to health concerns,…
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#29 Reimagining youth skills development for an inclusive recovery
Photo: World Bank Authors: Victoria Levin and Michael Weber Youth aged 15-24 make up 1.2 billion people in the world and it is projected to increase to 1.3 billion by 2030, with some countries and regions experiencing rapid growth, or so-called “youth bulges.” More than one million young people enter the labor market each month in India and in sub-Saharan Africa.…
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#28 Six months after the COVID-19 outbreak: How did workers in four African countries fare?
Photo: World Bank Authors: Ivette Maria Contreras-González, Gbemisola Oseni, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Janneke Pieters and Michael Weber Labor markets continue to be a key transmission channel of the economic impact of COVID-19. As a result, tracking the trends in labor markets is paramount to gaining a better understanding of the economic impacts of the pandemic. Proper…
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#27 Why did some countries’ workforces fare better than others in the early pandemic?
Photo: World Bank Authors: Johanne Buba, Hannah Uckat, Leonardo Iacovone, Denis Medvedev The COVID-19 pandemic took a heavy toll on the global economy, with world output falling by 3.5 percent year-on-year in 2020. Despite these large output losses, surveys from more than 60 countries conducted by the World Bank and partners between April and December 2020…
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#26 Managing Active Labor Market Policies Beyond the COVID-19 Crisis
Photo Credit: Dana Smillie / World Bank Author: Federica Saliola Active labor market programs (ALMPs) have continued to expand during the COVID-19 crisis. As activity in many industries is starting to pick up again, there is a renewed interest in ALMPs, particularly on how they can be better aligned with the changing nature of work…
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#25 COVID-19 highlights the urgency of TVET reforms
Photo credit: Dana Smillie / World Bank Authors: Margo Hoftijzer, Victoria Levin, and Michael Weber This blog is also available in French and Spanish. In our May 2020 blog, we predicted that TVET would particularly suffer from school closures as imparting and assessing practical skills is so central for TVET and so hard to do remotely.…
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#13 Africa’s Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms
Photo credit: Rob Beechey / World Bank Authors: Xinshen Diaoa, Mia Ellisb, Margaret McMillanc, and Dani Rodrikd Some economists have called into question the primacy of manufacturing. For example, Gollin (2018) questions whether there is anything special about manufacturing and asks whether economists’ emphasis on manufacturing as a path to development reflects our lack…
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#24 Developing countries introduced an unprecedented social protection and jobs policy response to mitigate the effects of the pandemic
Photo credit: Paul Salazar / World Bank Authors: Michael Weber and David Newhouse Unlike the global financial crisis, both voluntary and mandated restrictions on mobility have directly affected labor markets. The scale of labor market disruption in developing countries has been massive. In its latest update, the ILO estimated a loss of 255 million…
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