An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Jobs and Labor Market Reform through International Development Association Financing (Approach Paper, March 2, 2023)

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An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Jobs and Labor Market Reform through International Development Association Financing (Approach Paper, March 2, 2023)

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.contributor.author	Independent Evaluation Group
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-22T16:32:35Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-22T16:32:35Z
dc.date.issued	2023-03-22
dc.description.abstract	The International Development Association (IDA) has included jobs as a special theme since the 17th Replenishment of IDA (IDA17) in 2014, when it explicitly recognized the role played by labor markets in intermediating between growth and inclusion. This acknowledgment of jobs marked a shift in IDA’s inclusive growth strategy. Before the IDA17 strategy paper, IDA emphasized growth and the use of social safety nets to mitigate the effects of poverty. Beginning in 2014, however, jobs became more central to IDA’s strategy for inclusive growth and for achieving the twin goals. IDA17, the 18th Replenishment of IDA, and the 19th Replenishment of IDA established specific policy commitments and results indicators under the jobs-related special theme. At the same time, the World Bank Group expanded and deepened its attention to jobs, resulting in an increasingly multidimensional jobs agenda characterized by a growing body of lending, technical assistance and diagnostics, and a strong focus on IDA-eligible countries, including through use of the Country Private Sector Diagnostic and IDA’s private sector window. This evaluation will assess IDA’s support for jobs-related objectives over fiscal years (FY)14–22, the period covering three IDA replenishments during which jobs became an IDA special theme (IDA17, the 18th Replenishment of IDA, and the 19th Replenishment of IDA). The objectives of this assessment are to interrogate the contribution of IDA’s Bank Group financing to improving outcomes related to more, better paying, and more inclusive jobs; the role of IDA’s jobs strategy at the corporate, country, and operational levels in this context; and the analytical underpinnings of jobs-related interventions. The evaluation will provide lessons and recommendations to inform the design of the Bank Group’s future multidimensional jobs support and enhance IDA’s effectiveness in this space based on eight years of strategic, diagnostic, and operational experience.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099714203202319117/SECBOS0bebfd900e80a69a061a2e3fc2881
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/IEG180650
dc.identifier.uri	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39571
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	JOBS
dc.subject	LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject	OBJECTIVES
dc.title	An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Jobs and Labor Market Reform through International Development Association Financing (Approach Paper, March 2, 2023)	en
dc.type	Working Paper
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okr.crossref.title	An Evaluation of World Bank Group Support to Jobs and Labor Market Reform through International Development Association Financing (Approach Paper, March 2, 2023)
okr.date.disclosure	2023-03-22
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-23T02:22:55.696202Z
okr.date.lastmodified	2023-03-20T00:00:00Z	en
okr.doctype	IEG Evaluation
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.identifier.report	180650
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okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099714203202319117/pdf/SECBOS0bebfd900e80a69a061a2e3fc2881.pdf	en
okr.region.geographical	World
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	IEG Eco Mgt & Country Prog (IEGEC)