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213375: Understanding Blue Jobs: An Operational Guidance Note for Supporting More and Better Jobs in the Blue Economy

World Bank, Kevwe Sylvester Pela, Anna Renhart and Trrishala Kumaraswamy

213253: Making Skills Work for Women: Improving Access to Formal Wage Employment

World Bank, Maria Laura Sanchez Puerta and Abhilasha Sahay

213182: Balancing Evolving Priorities to Enhance the Value for Money of Human Development Financing in Yemen

Juul Pinxten, Ugo Gentilini, Andras Bodor, Sameh El-Saharty and Nicholas Hans Buhne

213147: A Social Economy at the Service of Job Creation for the Most Vulnerable: The Role of Social Enterprises in the Job Creation Agenda

World Bank, Alina Nona Petric and Niels Planel

213132: Skilled-Worker Visas for Refugee Talents: An Impact Evaluation

Marina Brizar, Jean-François Maystadt, Nour Moussa, Nada Rostom, Jade Siu, Olivier Sterck and Sarah Walder

213101: Skilled-Worker Visas for Refugee Talents: An Impact Evaluation

World Bank, Marina Brizar, Jean-François Maystadt, Nour Moussa, Nada Rostom, Jade Siu, Olivier Sterck and Sarah Walder

213012: Artificial Intelligence and Labor Market Adjustment in Türkiye: Exposure and Complementarity

Gunes Arkadas Asik Erpek, Siddharth Hari, Efsan Nas Ozen and Dhushyanth Raju

212940: Artificial Intelligence and Türkiye's Labor Market: Managing Exposure, Expanding Opportunity

Gunes Arkadas Asik Erpek, Siddharth Hari, Efsan Nas Ozen and Dhushyanth Raju

212902: An Empirical Assessment of the 2022 Spanish Immigration Reforms

World Bank, Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, Luigi Minale, Paloma Úbeda, Lucia Gorjón García and David Martínez de Lafuente

212835: Moving to Opportunity Abroad Through International Educational Migration

World Bank, Toman Barsbai, Merve Demirel, Philipp Moskopp, Marcello Pérez Alvarez and Matthias Sutter

212208: Scaling What Works: Integrated Social Protection Reforms for Poverty Reduction and Upward Mobility in Ghana

World Bank

211679: From Data to Labor Market Intelligence: Leveraging Global Best Practices for Effective Labor Market Observatories

Nayib Rivera Guivas, Matteo Morgandi, Dana Jasmine Alrayess and Sonja Loots

211094: Opportunities Without Borders?: The Impact of Access to Remote Work for Refugees

Lorraine Charles, Shuting Xia, Emma Smith, Alice Danon and Layane Alhorr

211087: Do Cash Transfers Reduce Work Among Refugees?: Evidence from Türkiye

Freeha Fatima, Efsan Nas Ozen and Dhushyanth Raju

210995: Evidence-to-Action Framework for Strengthening Intergroup Cohesion in Divided Societies

Marine Gassier, Meltem Ikindji and Patrick John Barron

210819: Protecting Jobs and Employment during Disasters: Lessons from Employment Insurance System in Japan

World Bank, Yasuhiro Kawasoe, Masaru Sasaki and Sayuri Nakamura

210807: Opportunities Without Borders? The Impact of Access to Remote Work for Refugees

World Bank, Lorraine Charles, Shuting Xia, Emma Smith and Alice Danon

210207: Supporting Small-Scale Micro-Entrepreneurship in South Africa’s Townships

Gibson Mudiriza, Samantha De Martino and Wendy Cunningham

209922: Benchmarking Türkiye’s AI Workforce Readiness: A Multidimensional Global Comparison Using LinkedIn Data

Freeha Fatima, Efsan Nas Ozen and Dhushyanth Raju

209921: Artificial Intelligence and Labor Market Adjustment in Türkiye: Evidence from LinkedIn Data

Freeha Fatima, Efsan Nas Ozen and Dhushyanth Raju

209818: Creating Better Jobs for Women and Boosting Productivity in Bangladesh’s Garment Factories: An assessment of the Gender Equality and Returns Program

International Finance Corporation and International Labour Organization

209567: AI for Social Risk Forecasting and Explanation: The Power of Machine Learning–Based Social Risk Models

Christopher Brian Mahony, Varalakshmi Vemuru, Aly Rahim and Daniel P. Owen

209058: From Short-Term Aid to Long-Term Solutions: Social Protection as a Pathway for Refugee Inclusion in the Great Lakes Region - Discussion Note

World Bank

209057: Social Protection Systems for Refugees in the Great Lakes Region

Christopher C. Gabelle, Jordi Jose Gallego-Ayala, Rodolfo Beazley, Ewen Macleod and Scovia Aweko

209056: Social Protection Systems for Internally Displaced Populations, Returnees, and Host Communities in the Great Lakes Region

Christopher C. Gabelle, Jordi Jose Gallego-Ayala, Rodolfo Ignacio Beazley, Ewen Macleod and Scovia Aweko

208985: Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Regional Trends and the Experience of Saudi Arabia

Sofia Gomez Tamayo, Dana Alrayess, Gael Moraes and Johannes Koettl-Brodmann

208695: Missing Jobs Are a Conversion Problem, Not Just a Demand Problem

Paolo Belli and Dhushyanth Raju

208678: From Pilot to Policy: Analysis and Recommendations to Better Target the Poor in Georgia

Maddalena Honorati, Ludovico Carraro and Roberto Claudio Sormani

208638: Exploring the Employment Implications of the Green Transition

Elizabeth N. Ruppert Bulmer, Luc Christiaensen, Thomas Farole and Ulrike Lehr

208324: How Social Enterprises May Foster Labor Market Inclusion: Economic Channels and a Research Agenda

Dhushyanth Raju

208223: Unlocking Opportunities: Exploring the Potential of Public-Private Partnerships in Employment Services Delivery

Sofia Gomez Tamayo, Gael de Moraes, Andrea Petrelli, Mehmet Soytas and Nayib Rivera Guivas

207983: Socioeconomic Data on Fisheries Workers: Availability and Strategies for Better Data Quality

Emanuela Migliaccio and Gianluigi Nico

207851: A Conceptual Framework for Labor Market Delivery Systems in Low - and Middle-Income Countries - Seeking Efficiency, Scale, and Impact

World Bank, Matteo Morgandi, Ines Rodriguez Caillava and Diana Lisker

207798: Effective Cohesion Policies to Strengthen Social Integration in the EU

Rafael De Hoyos and Michal Rutkowski

207679: Helping Nigerians Grow: Food Security and Nutrition Impacts of Safety Nets Interventions in Nigeria

Maheshwor Shrestha, Oyebola M. Okunogbe, Naira Kalra, Ayodele Emmanuel Fashogbon, Thomas Bossuroy, Robin Audy and Kehinde Ajayi

207514: Regulating Platform-based Work in Low and Middle-income Countries: Towards a Context-Appropriate Approach

Matteo Morgandi, David Alzate and Maho Hatayama

207464: Social Protection Response for Digital Delivery Systems - Digital Solutions for Efficient and Inclusive Social Protection Systems

World Bank

207352: Improving Social Insurance for Migrants: Lessons from Albania

Himanshi Jain, Mauro Testaverde, Helly Dharmesh Mehta, Juna Miluka and Matthew Chase Martin

207147: Digital Public Works: Leveraging Digital Technology to Modernize the Design and Delivery of Public Works

Jonathan Stöterau and Marko Bucik

207146: Gender-Smart Public Works Programs: Making Public Works More Inclusive

Itay Noy and Alessandra Heinemann

207145: Green Public Works: Leveraging Public Works to Address Climate and Environmental Challenges

Cecilia Costella, Yuko Okamura, Emilio Urteaga and Nada Shalash

207144: Overview Brief on Innovations in Public Works: Rethinking Public Works for Jobs and Skills in a Changing World

Michael Weber and Marko Bucik

207143: Public Works That Provide Care Services: Enhancing Women's Economic Opportunities, Boosting Human Capital, and Building Skills for the Care Economy

Itay Noy and Alessandra Heinemann

207029: Do Behavioral Interventions Help Economic Inclusion Program Recipients Make More Productive Use of their Payments? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Ghana

Mukta Joshi, Wen Wen Teh, Ariadna Vargas, Christabel E. Dadzie and Saugato Datta

206974: Managing Labor Migration: Regulating Inflows, Aligning Needs, and Ensuring Positive Labor Market Outcomes

Sofia Gomez Tamayo, Gael De Moraes, Andrea Petrelli, Carole Chartouni, Mehmet Soytas and Nayib Rivera Guivas

206243: Should Malaysia Expand Its Social Pension?: Global Evidence, Design Issues and Options

World Bank

204885: Should Malaysia Expand its Social Pension?: Global Evidence, Design Issues and Options

Philip O'Keefe and Gerton Rongen

204708: The Heat is On: How Can Long-Term Care Systems in Europe and Central Asia Promote Climate Adaptation?

Sarah Coll-Black, Ali Hamandi, Aaron Beitman, Andrey Tretyak and Valeria Arias Salvador

204663: Supporting People and Workers in an Inclusive Green Transition: Framing Social Protection and Labor Policies to Enable and Ensure a Just Green Transition

Maddalena Honorati and Emanuela Migliaccio

204004: P180561_Rethinking Poverty Reduction Building an Effective Safety Net in Cameroon

Ioana Alexandra Botea and Hrishikesh Tirumala Madabushi Matam I