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    Podcast
    Technology 26 September 2022

    Platform work and gender inequalities – Case study from India

    What lessons can be learned from India regarding the creation of more equitable access to jobs in the digital economy? What are some of the policy considerations to overcome these challenges? This episode responds to these core questions.

    Report
    Technology 31 January 2022

    Technology, Equality and the Future of Work in South and South East Asia

    This paper seeks to take stock of the main dimensions shaping the future of work in the South and South East Asia and present key messages and policy recommendations to create an innovative and inclusive future of work.

    by Sabina Dewan et al.
    Podcast
    Technology 3 July 2021

    Industry 4.0 and the Ramifications on Asian Societies and Economies

    What does the Fourth Industrial Revolution or also known as "Industry 4.0" mean for societies, economies and workers in Asia.

    Report
    Technology 8 May 2021

    The World in 2030: Looking Back Ten Years from Now

    This book provides well-founded insights and guidance to (self-)manage work in a globalized and digitalized knowledge economy with a perspective of the year 2030. International researchers and practitioners draw a picture of how, when, and where we will work most probably in 10 years.

    Perspective
    Technology 18 December 2020

    Rebuilding the World of Work: Visionary Voices on the Post-pandemic Economy: Prof. Ian Goldin

    Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford, in conversation with Sabina Dewan on the likely length and depth of the economic crisis induced by COVID-19, and the steps that are necessary now to ensure that the economic recovery leads to more resilient economies, livelihoods, and communities.

    by Ian Goldin
    Perspective
    Technology 2 December 2020

    Rethinking the World of Work

    Sabina Dewan, JJN President and Executive Director, writes a piece with Ekkehard Ernst, International Labour Organization, on "Rethinking the World of Work" for the International Monetary Fund's quarterly magazine "Finance & Development".

    by Sabina Dewan, Ekkehard Ernst
    Report
    Technology 25 November 2020

    Policy Options for Regulating Platform Work

    As the nature of work changes and more individuals derive an income from platform work, existing labour and social protection regulations are no longer fit for purpose. JJN and the Centre for Financial Regulation and Inclusion (Cenfri), with support from the German Development Corporation GIZ, conducted an initial scoping study that sheds light on employment, working conditions and labour and policy regimes for platform workers.

    by Hennie Bester et al.
    Perspective
    Technology 4 November 2019

    Challenging Digital Colonialism: How Can Governments Capture the Value of Data Labor?

    Dr. Bama Athreya, Research Fellow at the Open Society Foundations, considers what's at stake in the commoditization of data and how governments can intervene to protect their citizens' digital rights.

    by Bama Athreya
    Report
    Technology 31 May 2019

    New Opportunities in the Platform Economy : On-Ramps to Formalization in the Global South

    The JustJobs Network team has collaborated with the Future of Work in the Global South, to examine the platform economy workers in the global South. The findings and recommendations of this paper aim to improve policymakers’ access to data on platform economy work and, second, on using that information to design integrated systems of taxation and social protection and develop appropriate legal definitions of platform services and workers.

    Brief
    Technology 15 December 2018

    Wired for Work: Exploring the Nexus of Technology & Jobs

    This paper is part of the Growth and Reducing Inequality Working Paper Series which is an effort to gather and disseminate a diverse range of perspectives and research on trends, drivers and policy responses relevant to developing country efforts to boost growth and reduce inequality.

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