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…
DetailsLinks 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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Photo: Curt Carnemark / World Bank Authors: Martin Abel and Eliana Carranza This blog was originally published in English and is reprinted in Spanish by permission from VoxDev. En muchos países de ingresos bajos y medios (LMIC), los jóvenes enfrentan diferentes trayectorias de empleo y salario dependiendo de su punto de entrada…
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In November 2019, the World Bank Board of Directors approved, for the first time in its history, a Development Policy Financing (DPF) operation entirely devoted to increasing women’s access to economic opportunities.
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Divanbeigi and Federica Saliola Too many people remain in low productivity, low earning, insecure, or self-employed jobs around the globe.
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Photo: Nafise Motlaq / World Bank Authors: Amanina Abdur Rahman and Achim Schmillen Similar to the trajectory of development seen in many other countries (see blog #3 in the series), over the decades since independence in 1957, Malaysia has seen a significant increase in GDP per capita from labor productivity. The country also underwent…
DetailsEvent Recording: https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/2bd700a6-9bc3-44e7-9389-1618756a2471 On June 17, 20222, the World Bank’s Rome Program on Jobs and Labor Mobility and the Luiss Guido Carli University hosted the presentation of the new World Bank Flagship report “Building Resilient Migration Systems in the Mediterranean Region: Lessons from COVID-19”. Migration has been a source of social and economic well-being…
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