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  • Where have all the poor gone? : Cambodia poverty assessment 2013 (English)

    Over the seven years from 2004 through 2011, Cambodian economic growth was tremendous, ranking amid the best in the world. Moreover, household consumption increased by nearly 40 percent. And this growth...

    Document Type: Poverty Assessment Report No.: ACS4545 Document Date: May 26, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sobrado,Carlos E.,Neak,Samsen,Ly,Sodeth,Aldaz-Carroll,Enrique,Gamberoni,Elisa,Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Fukao,Tsuyoshi,Beng,Simeth,Johnston,Timothy A.,San Joaquin Polo,Miguel Angel,Bruni,Lucilla Maria,De Groot,Richard Anthony Leonard

  • Where have all the poor gone? : Cambodia poverty assessment 2013 (Khmer)

    Over the seven years from 2004 through 2011, Cambodian economic growth was tremendous, ranking amid the best in the world. Moreover, household consumption increased by nearly 40 percent. And this growth...

    Document Type: Poverty Assessment Report No.: ACS4545 Document Date: November 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sobrado,Carlos E.,Neak,Samsen,Ly,Sodeth,Aldaz-Carroll,Enrique,Gamberoni,Elisa,Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Fukao,Tsuyoshi,Beng,Simeth,Johnston,Timothy A.,San Joaquin Polo,Miguel Angel,Bruni,Lucilla Maria,De Groot,Richard Anthony Leonard

  • Trade, informal employment and labor adjustment costs (English)

    Informal employment is ubiquitous in developing countries, but few studies have estimated workers' switching costs between informal and formal employment. This paper builds on the empirical literature...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6614 Document Date: September 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Artuc,Erhan,Lederman,Daniel,Rojas Alvarado,Luis Diego

  • Job growth in developing countries slows amid declining growth (English)

    Employment outcomes in developing countries began showing signs of strain in the second half of 2012, after a year of gradual progress. Figure 1 shows median growth rates for output, employment, and real...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 86949 Document Date: June 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Mansuri,Ghazala,Newhouse,David Locke,Phadera,Lokendra

  • Labor markets in developing countries remain resilient amidst declining growth (English)

    Employment outcomes continued to improve in the second quarter of 2012 in a sample of 12 middle-income countries, despite weakening economic growth. This report shows median growth rates for output, employment...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76062 Document Date: February 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C.,Newhouse,David Locke

  • Labor markets in developing countries resilient in the face of slowing growth (English)

    Employment outcomes continued to improve in the second quarter of 2012 in a sample of 12 middle-income countries, despite weakening economic growth. This report shows median growth rates for output, employment...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76061 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C.,Newhouse,David Locke

  • The role of sectoral growth patterns in labor market development (English)

    This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6250 Document Date: October 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Lee,Jean Nahrae,Newhouse,David Locke

  • Employment in developing countries continues to gradually recover (English)

    In a sample of middle-income countries, employment growth continued its steady recovery despite moderate output growth. Labor markets in Europe and Central Asia have continued their steady recovery from...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76060 Document Date: July 1, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C.,Newhouse,David Locke

  • Uneven recovery from the global crisis in developing country labor markets (English)

    Labor market recovery from the financial crisis remains sluggish in parts of the developing world, with employment and earnings growth far below their pre-crisis rates. The global crisis caused a sharp...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 76056 Document Date: October 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Arias Vazquez,Francisco Javier,Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C.,Madrigal Correa,Alma Lucia,Newhouse,David Locke