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    Income and Wages 14 June 2022

    Competitiveness and Resilience through Social Security: Toward a More Inclusive System

    This brief provides an overview of the current state of India's social security system and raises questions about how to best streamline and restructure the current fragmented approach to iteratively move toward universal provision that extends coverage to more people.

    Report
    Education and Skills 25 February 2022

    Pathways to Work: Mapping Education, Skills and Employability to Labour Market Demand

    This report analyses India’s skills training ecosystem, delineating the challenges and the urgent need for deep reform. It provides recommendations for systemic change in the education-skill ecosystem that will help create a better, more inclusive, and equitable world for work for India’s youth.

    by Sabina Dewan, Anna Ranjan
    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.
    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.

    Brief

    Research in the COVID-19 Context. Adaptive Methods and Ethical Considerations

    The Women, Work, and the Gig Economy research consortium - supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada (IDRC), coordinated by JustJobs Network - has released a brief on methodological and ethical questions of how to adapt research to the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic.

    by Mukta Naik
    Report
    Trade and Supply Chains 5 January 2021

    Just Jobs in Global Value Chains: Defining Inclusive Industrialization for ASEAN

    Over the last three decades, the world has seen a shift away from arms-length trade brokered through trade agreements between governments toward a fragmentation of production processes across nations carried out through private transactions between firms. 

    by Sabina Dewan et al.
    Brief
    Trade and Supply Chains 2 January 2021

    The Philippines in the Electronics Global Value Chains

    This report provides an in-depth analysis of the Philippines’ economic evolution, particularly in the electronics sector, and offers insights into the challenges and opportunities for future growth and development in the context of globalisation and changing trade dynamics.

    Report
    8 December 2020

    Rethinking the World of Work

    The pandemic is accelerating the advancement of technology, which was already restructuring labor markets. For many, technology has enhanced efficiency and enabled remote work, but for others, it has disrupted livelihoods. The key question is this: Whose jobs will vanish and who can access the new forms of work?

    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.
    Report

    Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains: A Case Study of Myanmar’s Garment Sector

    This report focuses on Myanmar’s garment sector, studying firm-level economic and social upgrades to inform inclusive industrial policies.

    by Min Zar Ni Lin et al.

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