Documentos e informes
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Technology and the Future of Work : Global Trends and Policy Directions for Technological Change in the Labor Market (Inglés)
The world of work is facing one of the most significant technological transformations since industrialization. Throughout history, technological developments have transformed the economy and shaped jobs...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 191619 Fecha del documento: 4 de noviembre de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Elizabeth Lorenzo Mata,Ramy Zeid,Carole Chartouni,Johannes Koettl,Mehmet Soytas,Nayib Rivera
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The Gig Economy and the Future of Work : Global Trends and Policy Directions for Non-Standard Forms of Employment (Inglés)
Gig Work, a term coined around 1915 and more recently popularized by platform work, describes the exchange of labor for money on a short-term and payment-by-task basis. At present, gig work, flexi-work...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 190908 Fecha del documento: 4 de noviembre de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Ramy Zeid,Dana Jasmine Alrayess,Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad,Mehmet Ali Soytas,Nayib Rivera
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Supporting Sustainability in Kenya’s Fisheries through Social Protection and Labor Market Interventions (Inglés)
Among key challenges confronting Kenya’s over-exploited fisheries sector, fishing and aquaculture workers are very vulnerable: they work longer hours, earn less money, and have less access to social protection...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 192601 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Kevwe Sylvester Pela,Samantha De Martino,Federica Ricaldi,David William Japp
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Opportunities for Linking Fisheries Management and Social Protection in Solomon Islands (Inglés)
Social protection and jobs programs (SPJ) can improve livelihoods and reduce vulnerability in coastal fishing communities in Solomon Islands, but these programs must be designed in a way that responds...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 192603 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Anita Kendrick,Vincenzo Vinci,Xavier F.P. Vincent,Fiona Howell,Son H. Nguyen
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Exploring Alternatives for the Economic Inclusion of Low-Income, Artisanal Fisher Communities in Costa Rica : Case Study of Artisanal Fishing and Mollusk Gathering Communities in Puerto Cortés and Golfo Dulce (Inglés)
This note provides insights into socio-economic conditions and economic inclusion opportunities for two low-income, artisanal fishing and mollusk-gathering communities in Costa Rica, and explores the role...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 192484 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Martha Sanchez Galvis,Luz Rodriguez-Novoa
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Connecting Social Protection, Labor Market Interventions and Fisheries Management in Viet Nam (Inglés)
Vietnam’s fisheries sector faces complex challenges, requiring a multifaceted approach for resolution. Fishing capacity in coastal, inland, and offshore fisheries should be reduced to rebuild fish stocks...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 193886 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Nga Thi Nguyen,Gianluigi Nico,Thanh Hai Nguyen,Annabelle Bladon,Anna Ducros
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Integrating Social Protection and Economic Inclusion with Management of Sri Lanka’s Coastal Fisheries (Inglés)
Sri Lanka’s coastal fisheries are a vital source of livelihoods, food, and nutrition, and are integral to the country’s economy, culture, and society. However, coastal fish stocks are in decline and fail...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 194492 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Tijen Arin,Shalika H. Subasinghe,Bladon, Annabelle,Tiloka Sunayani De Silva
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Integrating Social Protection with Fisheries Management for Sustainability : Overview of Country Case Studies (Inglés)
Fishery stocks are declining all over the world, threatening not only the livelihoods of fisheries households and communities, but also food and nutrition security of a broader society. However, many countries...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 192485 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Yuko Okamura,Annabelle Bladon,Gunilla Greig,Gianluigi Nico
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Evidence Briefs on Cash Transfers : Overview and Ten Key Messages (Inglés)
To help policy makers make practical programmatic design choices, this series summarizes recent literature on cash transfers and explains how the design of cash transfer programs can affect outcomes. The...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 191205 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Ioana Alexandra Botea,Aline Coudouel,Alessandra Heinemann,Stephanie Kuttner,Palak Rawal
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Cash Transfer Timing : How Transfer Duration and Frequency Contribute to Outcomes (Inglés)
Studies from 2016 on demonstrate that the impact of cash transfers varies based on duration, depending on whether they are distributed over a short (24 months or less) or long (more than 24 months) period...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 191201 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: World Bank
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Can Safety Nets Reduce Gender-Based Violence? How? (Inglés)
A growing body of evidence finds that cash transfers reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) in various contexts, even when the cash transfer was not designed to do so. The effects are comparable with standalone...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 191206 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Alessandra Heinemann,Palak Rawal
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Cash Transfer Size : How Much Is Enough? (Inglés)
This brief examines the effects of varying cash transfer values on outcomes by reviewing the evidence since 2016, inclusive of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the purposes of this brief and based on the sample...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 191202 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: World Bank
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Cash Transfer Payment Mechanisms : Do Outcomes Vary According to Payment Mechanism? (Inglés)
Cash-transfer payment mechanisms abound and have diversified greatly in recent years. Payments can be made manually (in person) on a set schedule at a brick-and-mortar location such as a bank, post office...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 191203 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: World Bank
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Cash or In-Kind Transfers : Do Outcomes Vary According to Transfer Modality? (Inglés)
Cash transfers in general appear to be more effective than in-kind transfers or vouchers at improving a range of outcomes, including decreasing monetary poverty, improving health and nutrition, and increasing...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 191207 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2024 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: World Bank
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How to Design a Grievance Mechanism that Responds to Gender-Based Violence? : Learning from South Sudan (Inglés)
The grievance mechanism is based on a survivor-centric approach i.e., empowering the survivor of gender-based violence by prioritizing their rights, needs, and wishes. This note provides an overview of...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 184035 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2023 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Rawal,Palak
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Delivering Affordable, Quality Childcare in Bangladesh : Policy Lessons from a Global Review (Inglés)
Childcare is an essential investment in human capital, both for early childhood development and for advancing female labor force participation. In Bangladesh, there are three primary priorities for the...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 178312 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Fahmina Rahman,Kamra,Anmol
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Digitizing Cash Transfers to Remote Rural Populations : Challenges and Solutions from the Experience of Zambia (Inglés)
There is currently a major focus on digitization within African countries, with the interest of, on the one hand, increasing efficiency and lowering the cost-of-service delivery, and on the other hand...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 177338 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Hobson,Emma Sameh Wadie,Kilfoil,Craig Patrick,Martin,Andrea
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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...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 176248 Fecha del documento: 31 de agosto de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Ghorpade,Yashodhan
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Can the Luck of the Draw Help Social Safety Nets? (Inglés)
Lottery, a simple random draw, has been used in selecting beneficiaries of public work programs in context as diverse as Argentina and the Central African Republic. However, despite a burgeoning literature...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 157912 Fecha del documento: 1 de abril de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bance,Paul G. A.,Schnitzer,Pascale
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Where is the Money Coming From? : Ten Stylized Facts on Financing Social Protection Responses to COVID-19 (Inglés)
The unprecedented and ongoing scale-up of social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic dwarf the response to the Great Recession. But how are countries financing such scale-up efforts? This note...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 154466 Fecha del documento: 1 de noviembre de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Almenfi,Mohamed Bubaker Alsafi,Breton,Melvin,Dale,Pamela,Gentilini,Ugo,Pick,Alexendar,Richardson,Dominic