This report critically analyzes the progress achieved by the Jordan Compact,now two years into its implementation. The Jordan Compact was an agreement between the Jordanian Government,the World Bank

This market assessment in Bani Kinanah and North Mazar is one part of a project that seeks to improve the socio-economic situation of Jordanian and Syrian women and youth by building their skills and

This issue of Global Employment Trends for Youth provides an update on youth labour markets around the world,focusing both on the continuing labour market crisis and on structural issues in youth

Accommodating people's growing demands for their inclusion in society,for respect of their ethnicity,religion,and language,takes more than democracy and equitable growth. Also needed are multicultural

Jobs are crucial for individual well-being. They provide a livelihood and,equally important,a sense of dignity. They are also crucial for collective well-being and economic growth. However,the rules

The Arab World faces extraordinary challenges. In a region with the world's highest youth unemployment rate,millions are frustrated by their job prospects – a frustration born of education that often

The 211 Human Development Report argues that the urgent global challenges of sustainability and equity must be addressed together – and identifies policies on the national and global level that could

The 21 Report continues the tradition of pushing the frontiers of development thinking. For the first time since 199,the Report looks back rigorously at the past several decades and identifies often