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Pandemic takes tough toll on informal women workers

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Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…

Women gig workers raise pressure for labour reform

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Women in the gig economy.

Women’s labour participation is rising but unevenly

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Beneath this short-term decline, however, lies a different long-term trend. Especially in developed economies, women’s workforce participation has steadily increased, partly due…

Dependency ratios overstate economic impacts of ageing

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The standard measure of the challenge -- the ratio of the non-working-age population to those of working age -- can vary considerably from the actual number of non-workers to…

Gender gap in technology will take decades to trim

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Tech gender gap.

Gender gap in workforce needs a multipronged approach

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Workforce gender gap.

Prospects for sustainable development goals in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Before the onset of COVID-19, no country was on track for achieving all 17 SDGs, including high income countries. In the wake of the pandemic, the challenges are significantly…

US 'great resignation' is unlikely to be permanent

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At the same time, retirees have not returned to the workforce at anything like pre-pandemic rates. While the pandemic gave some US workers reasons not to work, housing and…

Prospects for the future of work in 2019-23

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PROSPECTS 2019-23

Prospects for the future of work in 2019-23.

AI's promise and pitfalls will affect key domains

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AI promises to drive economic efficiencies across sectors, improve the delivery of critical services such as healthcare, democratise access to knowledge and skills, and tighten…