Jobs & Development

Three lessons on fostering inclusion, empowerment, and employment through creativity

The cultural and creative sector accounts for 3.1 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) as of 2022, according to a recent report by UNESCO. This rapidly growing sector generates nearly 30…

Meghna Chadha, Sunamika Singh, Laura Overmeyer|
Jobs & Development

10 Lessons to Help India’s Poorest Stand on their Own Feet: Learnings from Bangladesh, India and Africa

The World Bank, the Government of India’s Ministry of Rural Development, BRAC, BOMA, Jeevika, and India’s National Rural Livelihood Mission come together to share the learnings from Bangladesh,…

Soumya Kapoor Mehta, Anna O'Donnell|
Debt, Gender, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Boosting small businesses through E-Commerce and integration into value chains

Helping micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) grow is a central ingredient in poverty reduction. E-commerce and integration with value chains can be especially effective in enabling MSMEs to…

Douglas Pearce|
Competitiveness, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Trade

Digitalizing Guinea-Bissau: The Future Starts Now

Digital transformation could go a long way towards addressing several of Guinea Bissau's fragility drivers, particularly by boosting financial inclusion.

Daniel Nogueira-Budny|
Digital Development, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Jobs & Development, Social Protection

New data highlight the hidden jobs effects of small-scale fisheries

Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH), a new study by FAO, Duke University and WorldFish, sheds important new light on the jobs in the neglected sector of small-scale fisheries (SSF).

Gianluigi Nico, Luc Christiaensen|
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