This paper explores the social protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to learn lessons on how to build the resilience of their social protection...
Reforming social protection systems has become more important recently due to various global crises, drawing attention to this unfinished agenda in the Western Balkans. The six Western Balkan countries...
A period of economic growth over the past decade led to a reduction in poverty and improvements in labor market outcomes in Montenegro. Substantial challenges remain, which have been aggravated by the...
A period of economic growth over the past decade led to a reduction in poverty and improvements in labor market outcomes in Montenegro. Substantial challenges remain, which have been aggravated by the...
Bosnia and Herzegovina faces significant labor market challenges. While recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is struggling with persistent unemployment and a predicted rise...
North Macedonia has strengthened its social protection system through comprehensive reforms in social assistance, social services, and pensions. This note considers, based on existing evidence, the extent...
The objective of this brief situational analysis is to assess the extent to which each element of the social protection system in Albania fulfills its purpose; to determine whether the system as a whole...
This policy brief focuses on unemployment benefits, a social insurance instrument that aims to protect workers from job loss, to consider its contribution to ASP. The social protection system in Albania...
This policy brief focuses on how social assistance, which aims to protect the poorest households from destitution, can be leveraged to protect the poorest from shocks in Albania. This policy brief considers...
An effective and equitable social protection system can help Kosovo to promote human capital, foster productivity, and reduce poverty. Since its independence in 2008, the country has made considerable...
Program evaluation refers to an assessment of its design, implementation, and impact on key program objectives to generate lessons learned and to inform decision makers. There are several different types...
The Integrated Action for Facilitating Labor Market Integration of Refugees (I.Ref.Job Pilot) addresses a growing necessity to systematically integrate refugees into Greek society. Since 2016, Greece has...
Greece’s active labor market policy is undergoing reform to improve the effectiveness of Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by strengthening their design, targeting and implementation. As per common...
Greece suffers from high long-term and youth unemployment because of its protracted economic crisis.Greece’s active labor market policy is undergoing reform focused on program design and significant changes...
Monitoring is the continuous process of collecting and analyzing information at different stages of program implementation, enabling those involved to track progress and to compare how well an intervention...
Albania is gradually emerging from the unprecedented economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As the pandemic is overcome, it is crucial to shift attention back...
This background note is one of several analytical contributions to the 2021 Albania country economic memorandum (CEM). The CEM is a World Bank flagship report that aims to help Albania identify next steps...
The Hellenic Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) is planning to launch a pilot in March-April 2022 with the objective to enhance refugee integration into the Greek labor market. The main purpose of...
In dynamic economies, real-time labor market information based on online sources has become an integral part of labor market monitoring and is increasingly used to inform policy decisions. Data from online...
In dynamic economies, real-time labor market information based on online sources has become an integral part of labor market monitoring and is increasingly used to inform policy decisions. Data from online...