Social Protection

Where are all the jobs? A machine learning approach for high resolution urban employment prediction

Detailed data on the spatial distribution of jobs is crucial, but such data are rarely available. This study develops a machine learning algorithm that relies on widely available public data to…

Paolo Avner, Jun Rentschler, Samira Barzin, Neave O'Clery|
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Social Protection, Urban Development

Short-term impacts of targeted cash grants and business development services in Burkina Faso

Creating new jobs is one of the biggest challenges facing low- and middle-income countries. This blog assesses the short-term impacts of two innovative interventions to enhance private sector…

Michael Grimm, Michael Weber, Sidiki Soubeiga|
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Governance, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Social Protection, Trade

Why do spouses disagree about who makes household decisions?

Women’s decision-making is often used as an indicator of women’s bargaining power in the household. This paper uses a spousal survey of 421 farmer couples in the Philippines to measure the extent…

Sundas Liaqat, Aletheia Amalia Donald, Forest Jarvis, Elizaveta Perova, Hillary C. Johnson|
Education, Social Protection, Jobs & Development, Gender, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

In the quest for energy affordability, macro-prudence and energy sector reforms are as essential as relying on social protection measures

Social protection measures could cushion energy price shocks. However, social protection measures in the absence of macro- or sectoral- reforms are not fiscally sustainable.

Apurva Sanghi, Jevgenijs Steinbuks|
Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Social Protection

The effects of COVID-19 school disruptions will last decades

A generation of students across the globe will likely suffer lifelong losses to their earning potential because of the closure of schools and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kuwaiti…

Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad, Simon Bilo|
Education, Gender, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion
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