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World Bank Support to Jobs and Labor Market Reform through International Development Association Financing

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1 The Results Measurement System of the International Development Association (IDA) includes three tiers of indicators. Tier 1 indicators measure high-level outcomes, Tier 2 indicators capture intermediate outcomes from IDA support, and Tier 3 indicators gauge organizational effectiveness.

2 The policy commitments of the 19th Replenishment of IDA included “conduct[ing] 20 pilots in ‘economic transformation IDA projects’ to estimate indirect and/or induced jobs” (World Bank 2020a, 90), which led to the development of a model-based estimation methodology, not currently used for project selection or for monitoring of jobs outcomes.

1 The Results Measurement System of the International Development Association (IDA) includes three tiers of indicators. Tier 1 indicators measure high-level outcomes, Tier 2 indicators capture intermediate outcomes from IDA support, and Tier 3 indicators gauge organizational effectiveness.

2 19th Replenishment of IDA policy commitments included “conduct[ing] 20 pilots in ‘economic transformation IDA projects’ to estimate indirect and/or induced jobs” (World Bank 2020a, 90), which led to the development of a model-based estimation methodology, not currently used for project selection or for monitoring of jobs outcomes.

3 See also World Bank Group Gender Strategy Mid-Term Review: An Assessment by the Independent Evaluation Group (World Bank 2021b). Tier 3 commitments under several IDA Replenishments, along with commitments under the Corporate Scorecard, have strengthened and helped maintain country teams’ focus on gender.