Documentos e informes

Soft Skills, Competition, and Hiring Discrimination (Inglés)

This paper conducts a correspondence study to assess demand for soft skills in the context of hiring discrimination in Malaysia. No evidence of gender-based discrimination is found, including in science...

Social Protection and Labor Market Policies for the Informally Employed : A Review of Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Inglés)

This paper provides conceptual definitions and distinctions between formalization, worker protection and productivity enhancement, and examines the impact of social protection and labor market policies...

Informal Employment in Malaysia: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Reform (Inglés)

This report aims to narrow the knowledge gap on informal employment in Malaysia, with the ultimate objective of suggesting policy recommendations to strengthen the protection and productivity of informally...

What Policy Reforms Should Malaysia Undertake to Support the Informally Employed? (Inglés)

This report aims to narrow the knowledge gap on informal employment in Malaysia, with the ultimate objective of suggesting policy recommendations to strengthen the protection and productivity of informally...

What Are the Characteristics of Informal Employment in Malaysia? (Inglés)

This report aims to narrow the knowledge gap on informal employment in Malaysia, with the ultimate objective of suggesting policy recommendations to strengthen the protection and productivity of informally...

Informal Employment and Experiences of Vulnerability (Inglés)

This report aims to narrow the knowledge gap on informal employment in Malaysia, with the ultimate objective of suggesting policy recommendations to strengthen the protection and productivity of informally...

Who Are the Informally Employed in Malaysia? (Inglés)

This report aims to narrow the knowledge gap on informal employment in Malaysia, with the ultimate objective of suggesting policy recommendations to strengthen the protection and productivity of informally...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Maternal and Child Cash Transfers for Improved Nutrition Project - P164129 - Sequence No : 04 (Inglés)

Social Insurance for Gig Workers : Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Malaysia (Inglés)

The rise of “gig” or digital platform work globally has led to both enthusiasm for its potential to create lucrative employment for large numbers of people, as well as concern about its implications for...

The Valuation of Flexible Work Arrangements : Insights from a Discrete Choice Experiment in Malaysia (Inglés)

The changing nature of work, accelerated by the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, has resulted in several fundamental shifts in the terms and conditions of work. Along with the clear trend of increased...

Changes in Household Dynamics in South Yemen (Inglés)

This paper contributes to an important agenda by studying how female participation in household decision making has been affected by the ongoing civil conflict in the Republic of Yemen in areas under the...

Forewarned, but not Forearmed? : Lessons for the Recent Floods in Pakistan from 2010 (Inglés)

As climate change results in recurrent and more frequent natural disasters, each calamity proves instructional for the future. The author summarizes the lessons learned from the social protection and wider...

Malaysia Economic Monitor : Staying Afloat (Inglés)

The Malaysia Economic Monitor (MEM) consists of two parts. Part 1 presents a review of recent economic developments and a macroeconomic outlook. Part 2 focuses on a selected special topic that is key to...

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In its seventh year of conflict, facing successive shocks and a heightened risk of famine, Yemen has been termed the world’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis.’ Against this backdrop, there has been a drastic...

Social Protection at the Humanitarian Development Nexus : Insights from Yemen (Inglés)

In its seventh year of conflict, facing successive shocks and a heightened risk of famine, Yemen has been termed the world’s ‘worst humanitarian crisis.’ Against this backdrop, there has been a drastic...

Project Information Document - LEBANON EMERGENCY CRISIS AND COVID-19 RESPONSE SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROJECT - P173367 (Inglés)

Project Information Document - LEBANON EMERGENCY CRISIS AND COVID-19 RESPONSE SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROJECT - P173367 (Árabe)

Project Information Document - LEBANON EMERGENCY CRISIS AND COVID-19 RESPONSE SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROJECT - P173367 (Inglés)

Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) - LEBANON EMERGENCY CRISIS AND COVID-19 RESPONSE SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROJECT - P173367 (Inglés)

Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - LEBANON EMERGENCY CRISIS AND COVID-19 RESPONSE SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROJECT - P173367 (Inglés)