1. REFLECTIONS:
LESSONS LEARNED
Labor Market Core Course
May 17, 2013
The World Bank

2. Challenges
• What are three main challenges when it comes to job that you find in your
country? (Middle income/ low income)
Transitions into wage employment
• Which programs do you think are the most relevant considering your
challenges?
• What are three key issues in terms of design and implementation ?
Transitions into self-employment
• Should the focus be on entrepreneurs with great potentials (gazelles) or
subsistence entrepreneurs, in your opinion?
• What are the most relevant interventions and what are the main issues in
terms of design and implementation?
Workers protection
• Why it is important?
• What are the main lessons for social insurance programs (pensions,
unemployment, etc..)?
• What are the main lessons for labor regulations?