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    Working Without Borders : The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work (2006)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    UID:
    gbv_1858184819
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other ESW Reports
    Content: 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. Over the past decade, technology has fundamentally shifted traditional work patterns, creating new ways in which work is contracted, performed, managed, scheduled, and remunerated. New business models, digital platform firms, are allowing the effects of technology to reach more people more quickly, bringing economic opportunity to millions of people who do not live in industrialized countries or even industrial areas, simply with access to broadband and a digital device (World Bank 2019). Digital labor platforms play a role in the process of structural transformation especially by triggering organizational and occupational transformations, for example, by enhancing labor productivity and formalization in service sectors (Nayyar, Hallward-Driemeier, and Davies 2021). New forms of work, known as gig jobs, enabled by digital platforms, have now gained momentum (Eurofound 2020)
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/40066
    URL: Deutschlandweit zugänglich
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    UB Potsdam
    MPI Bildungsforschung
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    Regulating the Digital Economy in Africa : Managing Old and New Risks to Economic Governance for Inclusive Opportunities (2024)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    UID:
    gbv_1892164892
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Infrastructure Study
    Content: While digital technologies offer enormous benefits to the economy and society, they also expose citizens, firms, and markets to risks. This report focuses on understanding these risks to economic governance of the digital economy in African countries and proposes actions to mitigate them, enhancing the possibility of a virtuous cycle enabled by digital technologies. This report emphasizes risks of unfair and unbalanced market outcomes and misuse of personal and commercial data, complementing the World Bank report Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs, which focuses on closing the digital divide for households and enterprises. It analyzes the current context of digital market players and government actors along the digital value chain, including characteristics that could limit the development of inclusive, efficient, and competitive markets. The report distinguishes traditional and new risks to robust governance of the digital sector in Africa. Traditional risks affect a fundamental pillar of the digital economy: digital infrastructure that provides connectivity to access digital services. These traditional risks are related to the regulatory governance of digital infrastructure and channels through which the state obtains direct revenues from the sector: taxation and parafiscal fees on digital infrastructure and state-owned and state-linked enterprises. New risks are related to data and data-driven digital services that are essential to digital services applications that can expand the benefits of the digital economy. These new risks are related to unfair market outcomes because of weak competition and misuse of data. Finally, the report presents a framework to assess the level of risks to good economic governance in a country and recommendations to mitigate them
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/41620
    URL: Deutschlandweit zugänglich
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    UB Potsdam
    MPI Bildungsforschung
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    Conditional cash transfers and their impact on health and nutrition : the case of Oportunidades and the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Mexico (2018)
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    UID:
    gbv_1023174014
    Note: Master Thesis Hertie School of Governance, Berlin 2018
    Language: English
    Keywords: Hochschulschrift ; Masterarbeit
    Author information: Traxler, Christian 1977-
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    Working Without Borders (2023)
    Washington, DC : World Bank
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    UID:
    gbv_1892373084
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    Content: Online gig work poses both opportunities and challenges for governments and workers. On the upside, it offers prospects for income generation, especially in developing countries, where most people work in low-productivity, low-quality, often informal jobs. The virtual and often temporary nature of gig work also provides flexibility for often neglected groups such as women, youth, migrants, and people with disabilities. These jobs could be a stepping-stone to better-quality jobs for low-skilled workers by helping them learn critical digital skills and close the digital divide.But most gig jobs offer little to no protection for workers, with uncertain income streams and no clear career pathways. Depending on local labor regulations, many gig workers are not protected against unfair practices, abuse or injuries while working. Gig work also raises challenges for managing data security and privacy. The report examines how countries can navigate the promise and perils of online gig work. It reveals that the online gig workforce is much larger than previously assumed with an estimated 154 million to 435 million Online gig workers around the globe. For the first time ever, the report mapped and tracked regional platforms and gig workers who work in languages other than English. Key messages are:*Online gig work is expanding, accounting for up to 12% of the global labor force and is a growing source of income for millions.*Demand for online gig workers is rising faster in developing countries than in industrialized countries. *Local gig platforms play a vital role in the local labor market, but they face challenges in establishing a viable business model, and opportunities for long-term growth.*Online gig work can support inclusion by providing work opportunities for youth, women, and low-skilled workers.*Gig workers, like most other informal sector workers in developing countries, are often outside the purview of labor regulations.*The gig economy can offer opportunities locally to build digital skills, increase income-earning opportunities, and facilitate social protection coverage of informal workers
    Note: English , en_US
    Language: English
    URL: kostenfrei
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    Stabi Berlin
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