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  • Allocating Subsidies for Private Investments to Maximize Jobs Impacts (English)

    This paper develops a general framework to allocate subsidies to private investments in the presence of jobs-linked externalities (JLEs). JLEs emerge when wages exceed the opportunity cost of labor (labor...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 149396 Document Date: June 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Robalino,David A.,Romero,Jose,Walker,David Ian

  • Cote d'Ivoire: Modernizing Social Protection and Labor Policies for Inclusive Growth (English)

    The main objective of this policy note is to assess key social protection and labor (SPL) policies, program expenditures and institutional arrangements in Cote d'Ivoire. The note aims to identify policy...

    Document Type: Policy Note Report No.: 145452 Document Date: November 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Elgazzar,Hebatalla,Robalino,David A.,Tullis,Christopher Boyd

  • Cote d'Ivoire: Modernizing Social Protection and Labor Policies for Inclusive Growth (French)

    The main objective of this policy note is to assess key social protection and labor (SPL) policies, program expenditures and institutional arrangements in Cote d'Ivoire. The note aims to identify policy...

    Document Type: Policy Note Report No.: 145452 Document Date: November 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Elgazzar,Hebatalla,Robalino,David A.,Tullis,Christopher Boyd

  • Protecting All : Risk Sharing for a Diverse and Diversifying World of Work (English)

    Forces disrupting markets and changing the nature of work present a fundamental challenge to prevailing employment-based risk-sharing policies in countries at all levels of development. These forces are...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 141572 Document Date: September 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Packard,Truman G.,Gentilini,Ugo,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,O'Keefe,Philip B.,Palacios,Robert J.,Robalino,David A.,Santos,Indhira Vanessa

  • Migration and Jobs : Issues for the 21st Century (English)

    With an estimated 724 million extreme poor people living in developing countries, and the world's demographics bifurcating into an older North and a younger South, there are substantial economic incentives...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8867 Document Date: May 28, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Christiaensen,Luc,Gonzalez,Alvaro S.,Robalino,David A.

  • NDC Schemes and the Labor Market : Issues and Options (English)

    Defined contribution (DC) schemes whether unfunded or funded are often considered superior to defined benefit (DB) schemes in their ability to address labor market issues, particularly in encouraging formal...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 136565 Document Date: April 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Holzmann,Robert,Robalino,David A.,Winkler-Seales,Hernan Jorge

  • Migration and Jobs: issues for the 21st century (English)

    With an estimated 724 million extreme poor people living in developing countries, and the world’s demographics bifurcating into an older north and a younger south, there are substantial economic incentives...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 137419 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Christiaensen,Luc,Gonzalez,Alvaro S.,Robalino,David A.

  • Lending for jobs operations (English)

    This paper develops a general framework to inform the design of a new generation of jobs lending operations. The paper discusses the rationale for developing jobs focused lending operations with specific...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 121983 Document Date: December 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Robalino,David A.,Tokle,Siv Elin

  • Jobs umbrella multidonor trust fund annual report 2017 (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.: 120474 Document Date: October 16, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Robalino,David A.,Mahmood,Fareeba,Tokle,Siv Elin,Gonzalez,Alvaro S.,Madhvani,Sonia,Parikh,Vismay Bharat,Yan, Emily (Beibei)

  • Economic analysis of jobs investment projects : guidance note (English)

    This Note systematizes the economic evaluation of Jobs Investment Projects. It explains the limitations of past approaches that have regarded jobs only as a by-product of growth. It focuses on market failures...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 119112 Document Date: August 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Robalino,David A.,Walker,David Ian

  • The Toll of war : the economic and social consequences of the conflict in Syria (Vol. 1 of 2) : خسائر الحرب: التبعات الاقتصادية والاجتماعية للصراع في سوريا (Arabic)

    The Arab Spring protest marked the beginning of a new era in the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011. Minor public protests began almost immediately after the initial protests in Cairo in January 2011. The first...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 117331 Document Date: July 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Onder,Harun,Hayati,Fayavar,Sayeed, Haneen Ismael,Dajani,Ibrahim Khalil Zaki,Mousley,Peter J.,Pande,Aakanksha,Al-Aghbari,Abdulhakim Ali Ahmed,Talbi,Amal,Jagerskog,Lars Anders,Petrelli,Andrea,Judaprawira,Andrew James,Elzir,Angela,Lisulo,Angela S.,Vodopyanov,Anya,Wee,Asbjorn Haland,Maseeh,Ashwaq Natiq,Hexeberg,Barbro E.,Letica,Bartol,Shamsiev,Bekzod,Bollag,Burton S.,Rossotto,Carlo Maria,Stephan,David Andrew,Robalino,David A.,Sharma,Dhiraj,Merotto,Dino Leonardo,De Waal,Dominick Revell,Verner,Dorte,Ozcelik,Ece Amber,Fuli,Ejona,Artuc,Erhan,Metreau,Eric Roland,Ozveren,Eyup,Yamaguchi,Hiromi,Fearon,James D.,Von Der Goltz,Jan,Huenteler,Joern Thorsten,Valdes Martinez,Jose Pablo,Aoun,Joy-Fares,Osorio-Rodarte,Israel,Garber,Kent David,Salmon,Kinley Clemens,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Ueda,Kohei,Fares,Lina,Stewart,Lisa Ann,Quota,Manal Bakur N,Maourani,Mohamed Ali,Assaf,Nabila,Maherali,Natasha Karim Lutfali,Prettitore,Paul Scott,Mcconaghy,Peter,Shah,Phoram,Nasr,Rabie,Arshad,Raja Rehan,Garcia,Raffi Enmanuel,Jennings,Ray Salvatore,Zgheib,Sally,Mobasher Fard,Shahrzad,El Khalil,Soraya,Hassan,Syed Mehdi,Akbar,Tahir,Schneider,Tobias,Hart,Tracy,Nguyen,Trang Thi Thuy,Balkir Pasarin,Tulu,El-Hanbali,Usaid I.,Tammaa,Waad,Mehchy,Zaki,El Nakat,Ziad Salim,Le Borgne,Eric

  • The Toll of war : the economic and social consequences of the conflict in Syria (Vol. 1 of 2) : executive summary (English)

    The Arab Spring protest marked the beginning of a new era in the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011. Minor public protests began almost immediately after the initial protests in Cairo in January 2011. The first...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 117331 Document Date: July 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Onder,Harun,Hayati,Fayavar,Sayeed, Haneen Ismael,Dajani,Ibrahim Khalil Zaki,Mousley,Peter J.,Pande,Aakanksha,Al-Aghbari,Abdulhakim Ali Ahmed,Talbi,Amal,Jagerskog,Lars Anders,Petrelli,Andrea,Judaprawira,Andrew James,Elzir,Angela,Lisulo,Angela S.,Vodopyanov,Anya,Wee,Asbjorn Haland,Maseeh,Ashwaq Natiq,Hexeberg,Barbro E.,Letica,Bartol,Shamsiev,Bekzod,Bollag,Burton S.,Rossotto,Carlo Maria,Stephan,David Andrew,Robalino,David A.,Sharma,Dhiraj,Merotto,Dino Leonardo,De Waal,Dominick Revell,Verner,Dorte,Ozcelik,Ece Amber,Fuli,Ejona,Artuc,Erhan,Metreau,Eric Roland,Ozveren,Eyup,Yamaguchi,Hiromi,Fearon,James D.,Von Der Goltz,Jan,Huenteler,Joern Thorsten,Valdes Martinez,Jose Pablo,Aoun,Joy-Fares,Osorio-Rodarte,Israel,Garber,Kent David,Salmon,Kinley Clemens,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Ueda,Kohei,Fares,Lina,Stewart,Lisa Ann,Quota,Manal Bakur N,Maourani,Mohamed Ali,Assaf,Nabila,Maherali,Natasha Karim Lutfali,Prettitore,Paul Scott,Mcconaghy,Peter,Shah,Phoram,Nasr,Rabie,Arshad,Raja Rehan,Garcia,Raffi Enmanuel,Jennings,Ray Salvatore,Zgheib,Sally,Mobasher Fard,Shahrzad,El Khalil,Soraya,Hassan,Syed Mehdi,Akbar,Tahir,Schneider,Tobias,Hart,Tracy,Nguyen,Trang Thi Thuy,Balkir Pasarin,Tulu,El-Hanbali,Usaid I.,Tammaa,Waad,Mehchy,Zaki,El Nakat,Ziad Salim,Le Borgne,Eric

  • The Toll of war : the economic and social consequences of the conflict in Syria (Vol. 2 of 2) : full report (English)

    The Arab Spring protest marked the beginning of a new era in the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011. Minor public protests began almost immediately after the initial protests in Cairo in January 2011. The first...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 117331 Document Date: July 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Onder,Harun,Hayati,Fayavar,Sayeed, Haneen Ismael,Dajani,Ibrahim Khalil Zaki,Mousley,Peter J.,Pande,Aakanksha,Al-Aghbari,Abdulhakim Ali Ahmed,Talbi,Amal,Jagerskog,Lars Anders,Petrelli,Andrea,Judaprawira,Andrew James,Elzir,Angela,Lisulo,Angela S.,Vodopyanov,Anya,Wee,Asbjorn Haland,Maseeh,Ashwaq Natiq,Hexeberg,Barbro E.,Letica,Bartol,Shamsiev,Bekzod,Bollag,Burton S.,Rossotto,Carlo Maria,Stephan,David Andrew,Robalino,David A.,Sharma,Dhiraj,Merotto,Dino Leonardo,De Waal,Dominick Revell,Verner,Dorte,Ozcelik,Ece Amber,Fuli,Ejona,Artuc,Erhan,Metreau,Eric Roland,Ozveren,Eyup,Yamaguchi,Hiromi,Fearon,James D.,Von Der Goltz,Jan,Huenteler,Joern Thorsten,Valdes Martinez,Jose Pablo,Aoun,Joy-Fares,Osorio-Rodarte,Israel,Garber,Kent David,Salmon,Kinley Clemens,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Ueda,Kohei,Fares,Lina,Stewart,Lisa Ann,Quota,Manal Bakur N,Maourani,Mohamed Ali,Assaf,Nabila,Maherali,Natasha Karim Lutfali,Prettitore,Paul Scott,Mcconaghy,Peter,Shah,Phoram,Nasr,Rabie,Arshad,Raja Rehan,Garcia,Raffi Enmanuel,Jennings,Ray Salvatore,Zgheib,Sally,Mobasher Fard,Shahrzad,El Khalil,Soraya,Hassan,Syed Mehdi,Akbar,Tahir,Schneider,Tobias,Hart,Tracy,Nguyen,Trang Thi Thuy,Balkir Pasarin,Tulu,El-Hanbali,Usaid I.,Tammaa,Waad,Mehchy,Zaki,El Nakat,Ziad Salim,Le Borgne,Eric

  • The Toll of war : the economic and social consequences of the conflict in Syria (Vol. 2 of 2) : full report (Arabic)

    The Arab Spring protest marked the beginning of a new era in the Syrian Arab Republic in 2011. Minor public protests began almost immediately after the initial protests in Cairo in January 2011. The first...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 117331 Document Date: July 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Onder,Harun,Hayati,Fayavar,Sayeed, Haneen Ismael,Dajani,Ibrahim Khalil Zaki,Mousley,Peter J.,Pande,Aakanksha,Al-Aghbari,Abdulhakim Ali Ahmed,Talbi,Amal,Jagerskog,Lars Anders,Petrelli,Andrea,Judaprawira,Andrew James,Elzir,Angela,Lisulo,Angela S.,Vodopyanav, Anya,Wee,Asbjorn Haland,Maseeh,Ashwaq Natiq,Hexeberg,Barbro E.,Letica,Bartol,Shamsiev,Bekzod,Bollag,Burton S.,Rossotto,Carlo Maria,Stephan,David Andrew,Robalino,David A.,Sharma,Dhiraj,Merotto,Dino Leonardo,De Waal,Dominick Revell,Verner,Dorte,Ozcelik,Ece Amber,Fuli,Ejona,Artuc,Erhan,Metreau,Eric Roland,Ozveren,Yasar Eyup,Yamaguchi,Hiromi,Fearon,James D.,Von Der Goltz,Jan,Huenteler,Joern Thorsten,Valdes Martinez,Jose Pablo,Aoun,Joy-Fares,Osorio-Rodarte,Israel,Garber,Kent David,Salmon,Kinley Clemens,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Ueda,Kohei,Fares,Lina,Stewart,Lisa Ann,Quota,Manal Bakur N,Maourani, Mohamed Ali,Assaf,Nabila,Maherali,Natasha Karim Lutfali,Prettitore,Paul Scott,Mcconaghy,Peter,Shah,Phoram,Nasr, Rabie,Arshad,Raja Rehan,Garcia,Raffi Enmanuel,Jennings,Ray Salvatore,Zgheib,Sally,Mobasher Fard,Shahrzad,El Khalil,Soraya,Hassan,Syed Mehdi,Akbar,Tahir,Schneider,Tobias,Hart,Tracy,Huyen,Nguyen Thanh,Balkir Pasarin,Tulu,El-Hanbali,Usaid I.,Tammaa,Waad,Mehchy,Zaki,El Nakat,Ziad Salim,Le Borgne,Eric

  • Skills and jobs : lessons learned and options for collaboration (English)

    The accumulation of human capital through the acquisition of knowledge and skills is recognized as central for economic development. More-educated workers not only have better employment opportunities...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 96819 Document Date: May 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Robalino,David A.,Strokova,Victoria,Lord, Nick,Perinet,Mathilde Marie Anne