Documentos e informes

Establishment Size Distribution in the European Union (Inglés)

This Brief studies the establishment size distribution in the European Union countries. A well-established literature has established that an abundance of small establishments among lower-income countries...

Different Approaches in Delivering Employment Services and Setting Private-Public Partnerships: The Cases of Australia, Germany, and The Netherlands (Inglés)

Most OECD2 countries include private providers in the provision of employment services and the delivery of active labor market programs (ALMPs). The role of private providers, however, varies greatly and...

Global Education Policy Dashboard : Survey of Public Officials 2020 (Inglés)

The Survey of Public Officials collects information about the capacity and orientation of the bureaucracy, as well as political factors affecting education outcomes. This survey is a streamlined and education...

Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators Regional Outlook : Middle East and North Africa (Inglés)

The Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators (WWBI) is a unique cross-national dataset on public sector employment and wages developed by the World Bank's Bureaucracy Lab to better enable researchers, development...

Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators Regional Outlook : South Asia (Inglés)

The Worldwide Bureaucracy Indicators (WWBI) is a unique cross-national dataset on public sector employment and wages developed by the World Bank's Bureaucracy Lab to better enable researchers, development...

Firm Consolidation and Labor Market Outcomes (Inglés)

Using rich administrative data from the Netherlands, this paper studies the consequences of firm consolidation for workers. For workers at acquired firms, takeovers are associated with an 8.5 percent drop...

Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Payroll Taxes (Inglés)

This paper studies the impact of a large payroll tax cut for older workers in Hungary. Motivated by the predictions of a standard equilibrium job search model, the paper examines the heterogeneous impact...

Top Policy Lessons in Agriculture (Inglés)

Across Africa, agriculture is a primary sector of employment, and African women provide about 40 percent of the agricultural labor across the continent. Yet women farmers face systemic barriers to success...

Child Care Subsidies, Employment Services and Women's Labor Market Outcomes in Egypt : First Midline Results (Inglés)

Our paper contributes to this literature in several important ways. First, the existing literature on the impact of childcare subsidies is from contexts with relatively higher rates of female labor force...

The Business Case for Investing in Women's Employment in Lebanon : Malia Group - Fostering productivity and well-being through family-friendly policies (Inglés)

International research indicates that family-friendly work arrangements offer mutual gains for businesses and their employees. Workers with children – many of whom are women – can thrive at work when benefiting...

Final Evaluation Report of Benin’s Youth Employment Project (Inglés)

The labor force in Benin is young, predominantly rural and working in the informal sector (81 percent of the population is self-employed). While unemployment is low (only 0.7 percent in the strict ILO...

Country Private Sector Diagnostic : Creating Markets in Fiji - Overview and Summary of Key Findings from Sector Deep Dives : Executive Summary (Inglés)

This Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) comes at a challenging yet opportune juncture for Fiji to rebuild a more diverse and resilient economy amid the lingering impacts of COVID-19. Fiji recorded...

Country Private Sector Diagnostic : Creating Markets in Fiji - Overview and Summary of Key Findings from Sector Deep Dives (Vol. 2) (Inglés)

This Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) comes at a challenging yet opportune juncture for Fiji to rebuild a more diverse and resilient economy amid the lingering impacts of COVID-19. Fiji recorded...

The 2021 Brazil COVID-19 Phone Survey – Findings on labor market, income, and education trends (Inglés)

A year and half into the pandemic, employment had not recovered yet to pre-pandemic levels, with women and the population without higher education finding it harder to get back into employment. Women and...

الأردن - مشروع دعم التوظيف والمهارات في القطاع الخاص (Árabe)

Market Bite Uganda : Challenges and Opportunities for MSME Finance in the Time of COVID-19 (Inglés)

Uganda has a vibrant entrepreneurial business community with an estimated 1.1 million micro-, small, and mediums-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across almost all sectors of the economy. The majority of these...

Country Private Sector Diagnostic : Creating Markets in Mozambique - A Study Conducted by the World Bank Group in Partnership with SIDA (Inglés)

The Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD) is a joint IFC-World Bank diagnostic that aims to make concrete recommendations for crowding-in private sector investment and financing in client countries...

Impact D’un Programme de Soutien au Micro-Entrepreneuriat : Rapport D’évaluation des Composantes 2 et 3 Du Projet Emploi des Jeunes du Bénin (Francés)

The labor force in Benin is young, predominantly rural and working in the informal sector (81 percent of the population is self-employed). While unemployment is low (only 0.7 percent in the strict ILO...

Colombia - Strengthening the Institutional Ministry of Labour for Management and Monitoring of Policies and Employment Programs : Supervision mission - May 5 to 8, 2014 : Colombia - Proyecto de Fortalecimiento Institucional del Ministerio de Trabajo para la Gestióny Monitoreo de las Políticas y Programas de Empleo : Misión de supervision - 5 a 8 Mayo de 2014 (Español)

Uruguay - Institutional Strengthening to Promote Equitable Access of Society to the Legal System : P121882 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 02 (Inglés)