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Women’s mobility outside the home in Pakistan is restricted by social norms and safety concerns
This research examines how workers are affected as a consequence of the challenges faced by the firms they work in
Firm-Level Responses to Low Levels of Demand and Economic Uncertainty
This project conducted a Tracer Survey in 2015 of 203 Zimbabwean manufacturing firms previously surveyed under the RPED programme
Seasonality, Proxy Respondent and Gender Information Gaps in Ethiopia
Do obstacles to job search contribute to labour market exclusion in developing countries?
This policy brief reports the findings from a labor market intervention we conducted in Uganda
A Complex Labour Market Segmentation Model Can Ensure Well-Targeted, Evidence-Based Policy Interventions for Low Income Countries in Africa
This brief examines the relationship between growth and informality in Bangladesh
This research is part of the Gender Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries programme
Using a panel of firm-level data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys, this study looks at labor costs in low and middle income countries
Circular migration across national borders is a long-standing feature of labor markets in sub-Saharan Africa
This brief seeks to explain the mechanism by which poverty was reduced in Ghana over the period from 1991/92 to 2012/13
Labor-intensive Public Works Programs (PWPs) are important social protection tools in low-income settings.
This project focuses on assessing the impact of the mobile banking technology on the level of urban-rural transfers within households
This paper develops new methods for studying migration using terabytes of mobile phone data from Rwanda
This brief studies the transition from adolescence to adulthood among a randomly selected cohort of men and women
Vocational training programs aimed at rapidly growing sectors have the potential to reduce skills gaps, improve income and employment potentials
This paper explores whether households in Malawi are allocating their labor optimally between farm and non-farm activities
This study develops new tests for the completeness of rural labor markets, based on asymmetric responses in farm labor to changes in household composition
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