Diego F. Angel-Urdinola

Building Effective Employment Programs for Unemployed Youth in the Middle East and North Africa

Given the labor market challenges that countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are facing (notably high unemployment, prevalence o...

Striving for Better Jobs

The Challenge of Informality in the Middle East and North Africa

The book deals with informality from a human development angle, focusing on informal employment. Informal workers in MENA are generally employed in lo...

Labor Policy to Promote Good Jobs in Tunisia

Revisiting Labor Regulation, Social Security, and Active Labor Market Programs

The weak economic performance and insufficient and low-quality job creation in Tunisia is primarily the result of an economic environment permeated by...

Does Participation in Productive Associations Signal Trust and Creditworthiness?

Abstract: This article studies the extent to which participation in productive associations in Nicaragua contributes to increase individuals' access t...

Do Subsidized Health Programs in Armenia Increase Utilization Among the Poor?

This article analyzes the extent to which the Basic Benefit Package (BBP), a subsidized health program in Armenia, increases utilization and affordabi...

Striving for Better Jobs

The Challenge of Informality in the Middle East and North Africa Region

This quick note provides an overview of the World Bank report striving for better jobs: the challenge of informality in the Middle East and North Afri...

Does Participation in Productive Associations Signal Trust and Credit Worthiness? Evidence for Nicaragua

This article studies the extent to which participation in productive associations in Nicaragua contributes to increase individuals access to social pr...

Does Participation in Productive Associations Signal Trust and Creditworthiness? Evidence for Nicaragua

This article studies the extent to which participation in productive associations in Nicaragua contributes to increase individuals' access to social p...