We help countries put jobs at the center of their development strategies. By scaling up impact through country growth and jobs strategies, building government capacity to design and deliver reforms, and expanding opportunities for youth, we generate lessons that can be scaled across regions and embedded in World Bank Group operations.
Jobs Umbrella Multi-Donor Trust Fund
We maximize impact by leveraging large-scale World Bank Group investments toward the design and implementation of integrated growth and jobs strategies.
The Country Growth and Jobs Report, a World Bank core diagnostics tool launched in early 2025, puts jobs at the center of country-specific analyses and recommendations. With that, governments can identify constraints not only to faster growth but also—and more importantly—pinpoint what can drive employment and quality of jobs.
Country Growth and Jobs Report findings inform the , which frames the World Bank’s engagement with client countries. They also ensure that the broader portfolio is aligned and mobilized to create more and better jobs at scale.
In the Philippines, the Country Growth and Jobs Report (published in July 2025) showed how targeted reforms in connectivity, human capital, regulation, and private investment could lift growth to nearly 7 percent, create over 5 million jobs, and raise wages by more than 12 percent by 2040. The findings underscored the importance of productivity-led growth, regional inclusion, and faster technology adoption to secure a job-rich future and help the country achieve its ambition of becoming a middle-class society within a generation.
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PRESS RELEASE
Reforms to Boost Job Creation Could Help Transform the Philippines into a Middle-...
The report emphasizes that technology adoption among firms is critical for productivity, innovation, growth, and quality job creation.
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Running Uphill: Growth, Jobs, and the Quest for Productivity
This Growth and Jobs Report presents a forward-looking roadmap for the Philippines to make this transition: from input-led expansion to productivity-driven growth that is inclusive, job-rich, and resilient.
