Documentos e Relatórios

Stronger together : intra-household cooperation and household welfare in Malawi (Inglês)

It has long been recognized that household decision-making may not result in outcomes consistent with the unitary household model. Within the collective bargaining framework, consumption decisions would...

Resource rents, coercion, and local development : evidence from post-apartheid South Africa (Inglês)

This paper examines how the dismantling of coercive institutions associated with the end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994 affected the distribution of rents from natural resource exports. It identifies...

Labor market regulations and outcomes in Sweden : a comparative analysis of recent trends (Inglês)

This paper analyzes recent trends in Sweden's labor market regulations in relation to comparator economies and examines the relationship between labor market regulations and outcomes. The paper finds that...

Official Documents- First Amendment to the Disbursement Letter for Credit 5010-GH and SRF-CF TF010425 (Inglês)

Why firms avoid cutting wages : survey evidence from European firms (Inglês)

Firms very rarely cut nominal wages, even in the face of considerable negative economic shocks. This paper uses a unique survey of fourteen European countries to ask firms directly about the incidence...

Statement by Mr. Guy Ryder at the 89th meeting of the Development Committee held on April 12, 2014. (Inglês)

This is a statement by Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labour Organization, at the eighty-ninth meeting of the Development Committee held on April 12, 2014.

The foundations of macroprudential regulation : a conceptual roadmap (Inglês)

This paper examines the conceptual foundations of macroprudential policy by reviewing the literature on financial frictions from a policy perspective that systematically links state interventions to market...

Labor and working conditions : guidance note two (Chinês)

Performance standard two recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental1 rights of workers. For...

Labor and working conditions : guidance note two (Francês)

Performance standard two recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental1 rights of workers. For...

Labor and working conditions : guidance note two (Português)

Performance standard two recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental1 rights of workers. For...

Labor and working conditions : guidance note two (Árabe)

Performance standard two recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental1 rights of workers. For...

Labor and working conditions : guidance note two (Inglês)

Performance standard two recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental1 rights of workers. For...

Labor and working conditions : guidance note two (Russo)

Performance standard two recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental1 rights of workers. For...

Labor and working conditions : guidance note two (Espanhol)

Performance standard two recognizes that the pursuit of economic growth through employment creation and income generation should be accompanied by protection of the fundamental1 rights of workers. For...

The Chrysler effect : the impact of the Chrysler bailout on borrowing costs (Inglês)

Did the U.S. government's intervention in the Chrysler reorganization overturn bankruptcy law? Critics argue that the government-sponsored reorganization impermissibly elevated claims of the auto union...

Key characteristics of employment regulation in the Middle East and North Africa (Inglês)

This note provides a general background of the main features of labor regulation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and benchmarks them against international best practices. The note compiles information...

Measure and improve your labor standards performance : performance standard 2 handbook for labor and working conditions (Inglês)

IFC has published Measure and Improve Your Labor Standards Performance, a handbook for the implementation of IFC's Performance Standard 2 (PS2). This publication is intended to be a practical reference...

Project Agreement for TF096109, Conformed (Inglês)

India shining and Bharat drowning: comparing two Indian states to the worldwide distribution in mathematics achievement (Inglês)

This paper uses student answers to publicly released questions from an international testing agency together with statistical methods from Item Response Theory to place secondary students from two Indian...

Labor institutions, labor-management relations, and social dialogue in Africa : policy note (Inglês)

This note is based on a research paper by the same title written by Philippe Alby (University of Toulouse and ARQADE), Jean-Paul Azam (Institut Universitaire de France and IDEI ) and Sandrine Rospabé (University...