IFC Development Results and Impact

IFC Jobs Study: Moving to the next phase - Implementation

With the Jobs Study report launched and conference over, our focus is now on implementation -- what can we do in practice to help create more and better jobs, building on the findings of the Study and working with our partners.  

We would like to solicit inputs in developing a very strong proposal on what can be done to move the jobs agenda forward to the implementation stage. In this respect, the high interest and cooperation from 28 IFIs provide a unique opportunity to work together to create an implementation solution strategy.

We look forward to your active participation and inputs.  Please send any ideas directly to ifcjobstudy@ifc.org  or contact the study leader, Roland Michelitsch (rmichelitsch@ifc.org).

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Download Report
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• Summary Report PDF and e-book 
• Summary Report: iBook for iPad
• Full Report: PDF and e-book 
• Jobs Report: Chapter on Gender: PDF
• Message from Jin-Yong Cai

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Download Complete Report - by Chapter
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• Preface
• Chapter 1 - Setting the Stage: Why Jobs Matter: A Conceptual Framework for Job Creation
• Chapter 2 - How the Private Sector Creates Jobs in Developing Economies
• Chapter 3 - Estimating Economy-Wide Job Creation Effects
• Chapter 4 - Major Constraints Facing Firms
• Chapter 5 - Investment Climate
• Chapter 6 - Access to Infrastructure
• Chapter 7 - Access to Finance
• Chapter 8 - Training and Skills
• Chapter 9 - Gender l Booklet on Gender
• Chapter 10 - Quality of Jobs
• Chapter 11 - Conclusions and Implications

Support for the Study
 

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from The Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). 

We would like to thank the team of people who helped prepare this report. They include the core team of authors, members of an external advisory panel, IFC and World Bank colleagues who helped with several case studies and research, operational colleagues who provided inputs, private sector clients, donor partners, and colleagues who supported the production of the report.

Multimedia

Client Video: SAFAL Group

Roland Michelitsch interview
with May Habib, founder of Qordoba