Ana Cardenas is currently a Consultant at the World Bank Jobs Group. She coordinates the Mexico Youth Labor Market Inclusion project and participates in ongoing
There are not enough good jobs in developing countries. As the World Bank’s upcoming Flagship report, “Jobs for Development,” emphasizes, the formation and growth of private firms and organizations is a key driver of more productive and better-paying jobs.
Climate change and natural resource degradation are prompting a paradigm shift in how we produce, consume, and trade. In this transition, jobs will be lost or reconfigured, and new employment opportunities will arise.
The labor market remains one of the most pressing problems in developing countries today. Too many people are still working in low productivity, insecure jobs.
A decade since one of the most significant sociopolitical movements in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the frustrations that ignited what came to be called the “Arab Spring” still dominate the region’s economies. Many young people continue to be idle. Others suffer from unemployment and underemployment, including among the better educated.