Improving Job Opportunities and Workers Protection: The Role of Labor Policies

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“Improving Job Opportunities and Workers Protection: the Role of Labor Policies” is a two-week course offering a unique learning experience on the design and implementation of labor policies. During the first part of the course participants will learn about the labor market dynamics worldwide, and the links between jobs, social welfare, productivity growth, and social cohesion. During the second part, the focus will be on the design and implementation of labor policies that can help people connect to jobs, start a new business, or manage periods of inactivity or unemployment. The course builds on the latest research by the World Bank and other academic and research institutions, as well as on practical lessons learned from country experiences. The content of the course will focus specially on developing and transition countries. Through the course, participants will be able to improve understanding of the main labor market challenges facing developing countries, learn the role of labor policies in mitigating such challenges, and find opportunities to network with other policy makers and learn together. The course adopts a mix of learning methods, including presentations, case studies of country reforms, team-based exercises, role-play, and hands-on experience with the latest modeling tools. The course is taught by experts from the World Bank, top academic and research institutions, and other leading agencies. This course comprises four inter-related and complementary modules: 1. Understanding labor markets; 2. Supporting self-employment and entrepreneurship; 3. Improving access to wage employment; 4. Balancing flexibility and security: labor market institutions

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Topics: Social Protection and Labor, Labor Markets, Active Labor Market Policies
Regions:
Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, Other
Keywords:
Jobs, Labor, workers protection, labor policies, labor market, Unemployment, Entrepreneurship
Language:
English
Learning Mode:
Face-to-Face (archived learning materials)

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There are 25 sessions in this course

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Social Protection and Labor for Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity

Session Summary

Jobs as Pathways to Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity

Presenter

Arup Banerji , Sector Director Social Protection and Labor

A policy framework to create and improve labor market opportunities & course overview

Session Summary

JOBS

Presenter

David Robalino , Labor Team Leader and Lead Economist

Global Labor Markets - Trends and Issues

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Assessing Labor Markets in the Developing World

Presenter

David Newhouse , Economist, Social Protection and Labor

Introduction to Group Presentations

Session Summary

Introduction to Group Presentations Labor Markets Core Course

Presenter

Mattias Lundberg , Senior Economist, Social Protection and Labor

What are the problems that workers face to access wage employment?

Session Summary

Problems that workers face to access wage employment? An age-based approach

Presenter

David Newhouse , Economist, Social Protection and Labor

Activation Policies

Session Summary

Activation strategies and active labor market policies

Presenter

Jochen Kluve, , Professor, Humboldt University Berlin

Design and Implementation: Wage Subsidies (+case study)

Session Summary

Designing Wage Subsidies: when and how?

Presenter

David Robalino , Labor Team Leader and Lead Economist, Social Protection and Labor

Labor Intermediation and Access to New Technologies Case study: Tunisia

Session Summary

Labor Intermediation Services (LIS) and Access to New Technologies

Presenter

Diego Angel-Urdinola , Senior Economist, MENA region

Materials

Country Case

Design and Implementation: Training Programs Case study: Adolescent Girls Initiative

Session Summary

Designing and Implementing Skills Training Programs

Presenter

Mattias Lundberg , Senior Economist, Social Protection and Labor

Materials

Design and Implementation: Skills Certification Case study: Chile certification

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SKILLS CERTIFICATION, A KEY DRIVER TO IMPROVE TRAINING QUALITY AND RELEVANCE (AND WORKERS EMPLOYABILITY)

Presenter

Hernan Araneda Diaz , Head of the Center for Innovation in Human Capital Fundacion Chile

Design and Implementation: Public Work and Services Case study: Ethiopia

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Design and Implementation: Public Works

Presenter

Carlo Del Ninno (TBC) , Senior Economist, Africa region

World Development Report on JOBS

Session Summary

Presenter

Jesko Hentschel , Sector Director, Human Development, South Asia

Monitoring & Evaluation

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Monitoring and Evaluation

Presenter

Laura Rawlings , Lead Social Protection Specialist, Social Protection and Labor

Who are the entrepreneurs and what are the constraints they face?

Session Summary

Who are the entrepreneurs and what constraints do they face?

Presenter

Yoon Cho , Economist, Social Protection and Labor

What do we know about the impact of self-employment programs?

Session Summary

Entrepreneurship Programs in Developing Countries: What works?

Presenter

Yoon Cho , Economist, Social Protection and Labor

Maddalena Honorati , Economist, Social Protection and Labor

How to provide Access to Finance to the Self-employed and Small Entrepreneurs

Presenter

Lucia Sanchez , Director, SME support, IPA

Entrepreneurship Training

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Entrepreneurship Training

Presenter

Marcus Pilgrim , International Labour Organization

Leading Expert session (JKP)

Presenter

Olivier Blanchard , Director, Research Department IMF

Inclusive Value Chain Models

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Inclusive Value Chains

Presenter

Grahame Dixie , Senior Agribusiness Specialist, Agricultural and Rural Development

Microfranchising

Session Summary

IRC’s use of market-based approaches for livelihoods development

Presenter

Radha Rajkotia , International Rescue Committee

PROTECTING WORKERS. Expanding the Coverage of Worker Protection Systems

Session Summary

Social Insurance and Labor Markets

Presenter

David Robalino , Labor Team Leader and Lead Economist

Robert Palacios , Pensions Team Leader and Lead Economist

Case studies on expanding Social Insurance Coverage RSBY, India Seguro Popular, Mexico

Session Summary

Presenter

Robert Palacios , Pensions Team Leader and Lead Economist

Mariano Bosch , IADB

Labor Market Regulations

Session Summary

Labor Market Regulations - Important Institutions or Market Distortions?

Presenter

Gordon Betcherman , Professor , University of Ottawa

Case studies: Severance pay, Minimum wage

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Severance Payments and Labor Market Performance

Legal Minimum Wages in Developing Countries

Presenter

David Kaplan , IADB

Tim Gindling , Professor , University of Maryland Baltimore Country

Designing Labor Policy: A Simulation Approach

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Designing Labor Policy: A Simulation Approach

Presenter

Michael Weber , Economist

David Robalino , Labor Team Leader and Lead Economist