الوثائق والتقارير
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Developing Human Capital in Egypt Through Energy Subsidy Reforms : A Case Study (الإنجليزية)
Government-led economic reform programs have been an important vehicle to improve the lives of Egyptian citizens. This case study describes one of these programs, which reduced energy subsidies to enable...
نوع الوثيقة: تقرير رقم التقرير: 158599 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2021/04/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Leipziger,Alexander Lewis,Kazem,Amira Mohamed Ibrahim,Elshalakani,Amr,Moubarak,Amr S.,Davidar,Deepika,Mackintosh,Fiona J.,Miwa,Keiko,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Zeitoun,Nahla Ahmed Mohamed Salaheldin,El-Saharty,Sameh,Elassiouty,Souraya Mahmoud Moustafa
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From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development (الإنجليزية)
There is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content of jobs. This paper contributes to this research by using data on the task content of occupations in developing countries, instead of U.S...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS8758 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2019/02/25 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Lo Bello,Salvatore,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Winkler-Seales,Hernan Jorge
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From Ghana to America : The Skill Content of Jobs and Economic Development (الإنجليزية)
There is a growing body of literature exploring the skill content ofjobs. This article contributes to this research by using data on thetask content of occupations from developing countries, instead of...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل (سلسلة مُرقمة) رقم التقرير: 134251 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2019/01/31 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Lo Bello,Salvatore,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Winkler-Seales,Hernan Jorge
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Framing the future of work (الإنجليزية)
Digital technologies affect employment through complex channels: automation, connectivity, and innovation. Labor-saving technologies coupled with reshoring may disrupt labor markets in developing countries...
نوع الوثيقة: مذكرة موجزة رقم التقرير: 130983 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2018/10/17 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Christensen, Luc,D’Souza, Ritika,Gatti,Roberta V.,Valerio,Alexandria,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Palacios,Robert J.
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Kenya : Capturing Skills Requirements and Assessing Skills Gaps in the Modern Economy (الإنجليزية)
In Kenya, skills constraints are reported to have a detrimental impact on job creation and labor market outcomes. Employers have reported concerns with the level and relevance of a broad set of socio-emotional...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل (سلسلة مُرقمة) رقم التقرير: 128788 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2018/05/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,de Silva, Sarah Johansson,Rizvi,Anam
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Jobs in value chains survey toolkit (الإنجليزية)
Value chain (VC) studies allow us to provide an in-depth understanding of the interrelationships among firms that operate in a supply network and of the factors that determine the structure, dynamism...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل رقم التقرير: 129350 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2018/04/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Farole,Thomas,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Sole Canut,Albert,Rizvi,Anam
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SABER in action : Training Provider Assessment Project (TAP) (الإنجليزية)
Education and training systems have a vast potential to transform lives and contribute to economic growth. This potential can only be realized under a high-quality education and training services that...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل رقم التقرير: 125887 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2018/03/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Miyamoto,Koji,Valerio,Alexandria,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Roseth,Viviana Venegas
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Do cognitive and noncognitive skills explain the gender wage gap in middle-income countries ? an analysis using STEP data (الإنجليزية)
Gender-based wage discrimination is a highly researched area of labor economics. However, most studies on this topic have focused on schooling and paid limited attention to the mechanisms through which...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS7878 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2016/11/03 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Tognatta,Namrata Raman,Valerio,Alexandria,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura
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Are there skills payoffs in low- and middle-income countries ? empirical evidence using STEP data (الإنجليزية)
Most research on the economic payoffs of skills has used individuals' level of schooling attained -- typically years or level of education or training received—as a key proxy for skills. Such research...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS7879 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2016/11/03 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Valerio,Alexandria,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Tognatta,Namrata Raman,Monroy Taborda,Sebastian
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Accounting for mismatch in low- and middle-income countries : measurement, magnitudes, and explanations (الإنجليزية)
To stimulate economic advancement, low- and middle-income countries need well-educated and trained workforces to fill the types of skilled jobs that drive economic growth. Improving educational quality...
نوع الوثيقة: المطبوعات رقم التقرير: 108097 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2016/08/23 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Handel,Michael Jeremy,Valerio,Alexandria,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura
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Kenya - Economic update : kazi ni kazi - informal should not be normal (الإنجليزية)
This update comes in the wake of three game changing and mutually reinforcing trends. First, monetary policy in the United States (U.S.) will determine the direction of capital flows and currency stability...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل (سلسلة مُرقمة) رقم التقرير: 104289 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2016/03/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Kiringai,Jane Wangui,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura
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Employer survey - Snapshot - 2016 : highlights from six low and middle-income countries (الإنجليزية)
The Employer Survey Snapshot features a descriptive analysis of the data collected during the first two waves of the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity (STEP) Employer Surveys. Key objectives of...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل رقم التقرير: 108249 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2016/01/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Valerio,Alexandria,Hoftijzer,Margo A.,Rizvi,Anam,Avato,Johanna
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Skills and jobs : lessons learned and options for collaboration (الإنجليزية)
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...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل رقم التقرير: 96819 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2015/05/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Robalino,David A.,Strokova,Victoria,Lord, Nick,Perinet,Mathilde Marie Anne
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Improving access to jobs and earnings opportunities : the role of activation and graduation policies in developing countries (الإنجليزية)
Throughout the developing world there is a growing demand for advice on the design of policies to facilitate access of the most vulnerable individuals to jobs, while reducing their dependency from public...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل (سلسلة مُرقمة) رقم التقرير: 67610 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2012/03/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Almeida,Rita Kullberg,Arbelaez,Juliana,Honorati,Maddalena,Kuddo,Arvo,Lohmann,Tanja,Ovadiya,Mirey,Pop,Lucian Bucur,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Weber,Michael
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Active labor market programs for youth : a framework to guide youth employment interventions (الإنجليزية)
Youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, even in economies with strong economic growth. This note is a tool to provide policymakers and youth-serving organizations with a framework...
نوع الوثيقة: مذكرة موجزة رقم التقرير: 58601 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2010/11/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Cunningham,Wendy,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Wuermli,Alice Jean
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Labor market policy research for developing countries : recent examples from the literature - what do we know and what should we know? (الإنجليزية)
This paper documents recent advances of research on labor market institutions, behavior, and policies in developing countries and makes suggestions for future research. The four areas of research analyzed...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل (سلسلة مُرقمة) رقم التقرير: 52999 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2010/01/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura
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Providing skills for equity and growth : preparing Cambodia's youth for the labor market (الإنجليزية)
The scope of this report is twofold. First, it documents skills gaps and mismatches and attempts to understand the reasons for them. Second, it provides a framework for thinking about skills development...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل رقم التقرير: 59989 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2010/01/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Rigolini, Jamele ,Pabon Alvarado,Laura Milena,Infante Villarroel,Alba Mariana,Jones, Andrew ,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura
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The Mauritanian labor market through the lens of the 2004 national household survey (الإنجليزية)
This paper provides a snapshot of Mauritania’s labor market using data from the 2004 national household survey. The results show that the labor market is characterized by lower participation rates, lower...
نوع الوثيقة: ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات رقم التقرير: WPS4954 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2009/06/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Pontara,Nicola,Rajadel,Tania M.,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura
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From red to gray : the third transition of aging populations in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union - overview (الإنجليزية)
This is the overview of the publication (See report 40532). This report focuses on the challenges that the region's aging countries will now face in having to deal with multiple transitions. It argues...
نوع الوثيقة: المطبوعات رقم التقرير: 40896 تاريخ الوثيقة: 2007/01/01 حالة الافصاح: Disclosed المؤلف: Chawla,Mukesh,Betcherman,Gordon,Banerji,Arup,Bakilana,Anne Margreth,Feher,Csaba,Mertaugh,Michael T.,Sanchez Puerta,Maria Laura,Schwartz, Anita M.,Sondergaard,Lars M.