Gender, AI, and Skill Development in Southeast Asia: Case Studies from Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia
This report delves into how AI and other technological advancements are transforming the job landscape in Southeast Asia. It makes recommendations to enhance skill development systems in the region, with a specific emphasis on empowering women in AI-related employment.
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This brief outlines a framework to identify the potential sources of gendered differential outcomes of policy instruments. It also underscores areas that require corrective or consolidative measures.
Women’s Economic Participation in the Global South: A Comparative Analysis
This comparative study of women's employment outcomes in the Global South emphasises the need for frameworks to analyse policies that impact women's participation and gender equality.
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This brief looks at the general findings from global literature on demographic trends, while also unveiling specific demographic concerns of the Global South.
Technology and the Future of Work (FoW): Artificial Intelligence
The world economy is witnessing massive transformation in the way it organizes production, consumption, and trade. These changes are rooted in a confluence of multiple and mutually reinforcing innovations in technology. As firms reimagine products and processes and workers become increasingly intertwined with digital tools, the world of work is being redefined once again.
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.
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.
The Philippines in the Electronics Global Value Chains
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Work, Workers and Employment Relationships in a World of Value Chains
The restructuring of trade into Global Value Chains has had a significant impact on labor markets. Research suggests that today, one in five jobs is related to global supply chains. Now that such fragmented, dispersed and complex patterns of trade through supply and value chains are apparent, there is a need to better understand how these impact the world of work. How do we actively shape this evolution to create inclusive economies where more people benefit from an expanding economic pie?
