Results Readiness in Social Protection and Labor Operations : Technical Guidance Notes for Labor Markets Task Teams

Labor allocation to its most efficient use, promoting employment and human capital investment as well as functioning labor markets can contribute to long-term economic growth, poverty reduction and to help workers manage their risks. A labor market policy framework includes both regulations and programs. However, the optimal framework is not standard and universal but varies country by country depending on the level of economic and financial development, culture and other structural characteristics. Labor market projects are equally concentrated in Latin America and the Caribbean and Eastern Europe and Central Asia regions and one is China. Interestingly, the number of projects having 'improving labor market' as the primary component has increased over time. All project development objectives in the cohort of projects reviewed focus on promoting higher employment and increasing economic opportunities as the main objective especially via training programs. About half of the projects also seek to reach specific vulnerable groups by improving targeting mechanisms and to improve the quality of social assistance services by reducing the cost of job search through access to enhanced employment services and by improving employability.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Honorati, Maddalena
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2011-02
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, ADULT EDUCATION, AGE GROUP, BENEFICIARY, BLOCK GRANTS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAREER COUNSELING, CASH TRANSFER, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY GROUPS, COMMUNITY SERVICES, CONDITIONAL CASH, CONTRIBUTION RATE, COUNTERFACTUAL, DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DISPLACEMENT, DISTRICTS, EARNING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYMENT OFFICES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES, FAMILY ALLOWANCES, FIRING COST, FIRM SIZE, FORMAL EMPLOYMENT, GENDER, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INSURANCE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION, HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, IN-SERVICE TRAINING, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME SUPPORT, INCOME SUPPORT PROGRAMS, INCOME TRANSFER, INCOME TRANSFERS, INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT, INFORMAL SECTOR, INNOVATION, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSURANCE POLICIES, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, INVENTORY, JOB COUNSELING, JOB CREATION, JOB INFORMATION, JOB LOSS, JOB PLACEMENT, JOB SEARCH, JOB SEEKERS, JOB TRAINING, JOBS, LABOR ADMINISTRATION, LABOR ALLOCATION, LABOR COSTS, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR FORCE, LABOR INTENSITY, LABOR LAWS, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION, LABOR MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LABOR MARKET POLICY, LABOR MARKET PROGRAM, LABOR MARKET REGULATION, LABOR MARKET SITUATION, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR REDEPLOYMENT, LABOR REGULATION, LABOR SUPPLY, LEGAL ASSISTANCE, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, LOCALITIES, MALNUTRITION, MARKET FAILURE, MEANS TEST, MEANS TESTING, MORTALITY, MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT, NATURAL DISASTERS, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, NUTRITION PROGRAM, OLDER WORKERS, OUTPUTS, PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, PENSION, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, POOR, POOR SETTLEMENTS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRENATAL CARE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, PRIVATE FIRMS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROCESS EVALUATION, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES, PROGRAM COMPLETION, PROTECTION SYSTEM, PUBLIC PROVISION, PUBLIC RESOURCES, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM, REFORM PROGRAM, RURAL LABOR, RURAL WORKERS, SAFETY, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SALARIED WORKERS, SAVINGS, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, SCHOOL COMPLETION, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SELF EMPLOYMENT, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE QUALITY, SETTLEMENTS, SEVERANCE PAY, SEVERANCE PAY SYSTEM, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS TRAINING, SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATORS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL FUND, SOCIAL FUND PROJECTS, SOCIAL FUNDS, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL PROGRAM, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SAFETY NET, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICE, SOCIAL WELFARE, SURVIVAL RATE, TARGETING, TARGETING MECHANISMS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT, TEMPORARY INCOME SUPPORT, TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY, TRAINING CENTERS, TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, TRAINING POLICIES, TRAINING PROGRAM, TRAINING PROVIDERS, TRANSFER PAYMENTS, TRANSFER PROGRAM, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, URBAN AREAS, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, VULNERABLE GROUP, WAGE BILL, WAGE SUBSIDIES, WAGES, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKER, WORKING CONDITIONS, WORKING HOURS, WORKS PROGRAM, YOUNGER WORKERS, YOUTH, YOUTH TRAINING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/184051468151495961/Results-readiness-in-social-protection-and-labor-operations-technical-guidance-notes-for-labor-markets-task-teams http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27373
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