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Jobs & livelihoods

Our experts investigate the most critical global issues around jobs, livelihoods, and the future of work through innovative and policy-relevant research.
  1. Why ‘leave no one behind’ must be at the core of Pakistan’s skills development agenda

    Explainer

  2. Universal basic income and work

    Book/book chapter

  3. Why skills development is key for digital transformation in Africa

    Explainer

  4. First ever research into how the app-based gig economy works in poorer countries

    Press Release

  5. Women in the gig economy: paid work, care and flexibility in Kenya and South Africa

    Research report

  6. Valuing local resources in humanitarian crises

    Research report

  7. Booming Africa: young women and new digital societies

    Event

  8. Youth associations and cooperatives: getting young people into work

    Research report

  9. How youth-led makerspaces plug the skills gap in Africa

    Explainer

  10. Multi-year humanitarian funding in Ethiopia

    Research report

  11. The humanitarian response in Iraq: support beyond international assistance in Mosul

    Working paper

  12. Adolescent economic empowerment in Ethiopia

    Research report

  13. Creating opportunities for young women in Ghana’s construction sector: what works

    Briefing/policy paper

  14. Decent work for all: six priorities for this week’s UN summit

    Explainer

  15. Assessing the cost of ill-health: two case studies

    Research report

  16. Social protection, women’s and girls’ empowerment and gender equality

    Project

  17. Four ways the Global Commission on the Future of Work can deliver for women in the gig economy

    Explainer

  18. Gender and the gig economy: critical steps for evidence-based policy

    Working paper

  19. Building livelihood and community resilience: lessons from Somalia and Zimbabwe

    Working paper

  20. How to ensure Ethiopia’s ‘jobs compact’ works for refugees

    Explainer