Indirect Jobs Measurement A key rationale of many development interventions is to boost economic activity and productivity and generate more and better jobs. The reasons are clear: Most poverty reduction occurs through rising labor incomes and Labor is a motor for an economy that grows, reinvests, and generates broader opportunities. Often, the more sizeable jobs…
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…
Knowledge Platform for Public Employment Services Connecting jobseekers with tailored opportunities Public Employment Services (PES) provide job matching and an increasing range of tailored employment-related services to job seekers and employers. PES are typically established and operated by national, regional, or local governments with the aim of facilitating the functioning of the labor market and promoting…
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…