Contributing to the global debate on employment promotion.

Efforts to reduce the vulnerability of domestic workers should not be limited to expanding legal protections and formalization, but also focus on their economic empowerment.

A growing number of private sector companies have initiated global surveys on workforce trends and dynamics. While caution is needed in interpreting the data, these surveys can be a useful resource for development practitioners.

Lifelong learning is considered crucial for workers to adapt to an ever-changing labor market. However, access to lifelong learning is not distributed evenly. Women, older, low-income and less educated workers are at risk of being left behind.

The OECD “Disrupted Futures” conference brought together leading researchers and practitioners in the field of career guidance. What are the major trends, issues, and future directions?

While it is common practice in the private sector to have a structured process for product testing and development, such an approach is still rare in public policy and international development.

Despite several initiatives to strengthen career services in MENA, career services in the region often remain fragile. Future efforts must address a range of priority areas, such as leadership support, quality management, and employer engagement.

Roma minorities face a wide array of barriers to employment. Comprehensive approaches combining general social support with labor market services are therefore needed.

What were some of the most interesting readings this year on employment and labor markets? Here is our list of curated resources on labor market oriented education, ALMPs, MSME development, labor migration, JobTech, and more…

Poor people’s lives are complex. To be successful, labor market policies targeting the poor must be designed and implemented differently than for other target groups.

JobTech can fill in pieces of the youth employment puzzle in Africa, with a wide range of applications. This includes facilitating access to job experience, supporting job search, and promoting remote work opportunities.

There is no commonly accepted definition for “employability” in the literature, leaving ample room for contradictory interpretation across projects and making it difficult to measure success in a consistent way.

Countless studies have been conducted to analyze the employment related impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. What lessons can we learn from those assessments for future employment diagnostics in crisis and non-crisis times?

Many developed countries struggle to make their energy transition socially inclusive, leaving women and other groups behind. What can we expect in LMICs where gender inequalities are often more severe to begin with?