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  • Scaling Up Economic Inclusion Programs in Urban Areas (English)

    Urban centers are growing, with two-thirds of the world’s population expected to live in urban centers by 2050; nearly ninety percent of this increase is in Asia and Africa. A rapidly urbanizing world...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184530 Document Date: August 16, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Avalos,Jorge Eduardo,Chaudhary,Sarang,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva

  • Productive Inclusion Programs in Urban Africa (English)

    Sub-Saharan Africa is the world's fastest urbanizing region. This presents economic opportunities for the poor and vulnerable but also poses significant barriers to their economic inclusion. With an increasing...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 183525 Document Date: March 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Avalos,Jorge Eduardo,Bossuroy,Thomas,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva

  • Scaling Up Economic Inclusion Programs in Urban Areas (English)

    This PEI In Practice Brief provides an overview of volumes 1 and 2 of PEI In Practice on Economic Inclusion in urban areas. Links to both volumes are provided for additional reading.

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 170765 Document Date: April 21, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Avalos,Jorge Eduardo,Chaudhary,Sarang,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva

  • Operational Considerations for Urban Economic Inclusion Programming (English)

    This note is one of two designed to serve as a resource for policy makers and practitioners aiming to introduce or scale up economic inclusion programs in urban and peri-urban areas. The first note explores...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 168992 Document Date: February 14, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Avalos,Jorge Eduardo

  • The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 : The Potential to Scale (English)

    The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021: The Potential to Scale gives voice to one of the most stubborn challenges in development—transforming the economic lives of the extreme poor and vulnerable...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 166790 Document Date: December 9, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin,De Montesquiou Fezensac,Aude,Arevalo Sanchez,Ines,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Paul,Boban Varghese,Samaranayake,Sadna J.,Heisey,Janet M,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Chaudhary,Sarang

  • In Practice : A Path to Jobs for the Urban Poor (English)

    A rapidly urbanizing world presents enormous economic opportunities for the poor and vulnerable but also presents significant barriers to their economic inclusion. About two thirds of the world’s population...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 166130 Document Date: November 17, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Avalos,Jorge Eduardo,Chaudhary,Sarang,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva

  • The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 : The Potential to Scale (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)

    The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 sheds light on one of the most intractable challenges faced by development policy makers and practitioners: transforming the economic lives of the world’s poorest...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 155964 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin,De Montesquiou Fezensac,Aude,Arevalo Sanchez,Ines,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Paul,Boban Varghese,Samaranayake,Sadna J.,Heisey,Janet M,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Chaudhary,Sarang

  • The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 : The Potential to Scale (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (English)

    The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 sheds light on one of the most intractable challenges faced by development policy makers and practitioners: transforming the economic lives of the world’s poorest...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 155964 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin,De Montesquiou Fezensac,Aude,Arevalo Sanchez,Ines,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Paul,Boban Varghese,Samaranayake,Sadna J.,Heisey,Janet M,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Chaudhary,Sarang

  • Preview : The Potential to Scale - Economic Inclusion for the Poorest (English)

    The State of Economic Inclusion Report, to be published in several months, will shed light on one of the most stubborn challenges in development: transforming the economic lives of people in extreme poverty...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 153493 Document Date: September 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andrews,Colin,De Montesquiou Fezensac,Aude,Arevalo Sanchez,Ines,Dutta,Puja Vasudeva,Paul,Boban Varghese,Samaranayake,Sadna J.,Heisey,Janet M,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Chaudhary,Sarang

  • Gender in Jobs Diagnostics : A Guidance Note (English)

    The WBG’s Jobs Group has developed a standardized Jobs Diagnostics tool to help countries identify key challenges in the effort to create jobs, improve the quality of jobs, and provide access to jobs...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 142268 Document Date: February 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Scarpari,Raquel,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter

  • Uganda : A Review of the World Bank Jobs Portfolio (English)

    In the past decade, Uganda has made significant progress in reducing poverty and sustaining high economic growth. However, Uganda still faces considerable challenges that include poor infrastructure, weak...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 145337 Document Date: December 31, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Parikh,Vismay Bharat,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter

  • Jobs Umbrella Multidonor Trust Fund Annual Report 2018-2019 (English)

    The Jobs Umbrella Multidonor Trust Fund (MDTF) is a financing instrument that supports the World Bank Group's jobs strategy to contribute to the twin goals of reducing poverty and ensuring inclusive growth...

    Document Type: Annual Report Report No.: 136271 Document Date: April 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Walker,Ian D.,Mahmood,Fareeba,Tokle,Siv Elin,Madhvani,Sonia,Parikh,Vismay Bharat,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter