"The paper reviews labor market developments in the transition economies of Europe and Central Asia. It argues that the scarcity of productive job opportunities and the growing labor market segmentation are the two main labor market problems facing the transition economies. In the European...

While the Philippines has achieved remarkable progress in raising the education level of its labor force, the standard proxy for educational attainment years of formal schooling is increasingly inadequate as a measure of workforce skills. About one-third of employers report being unable to fill...

Executive Summary -- Education and Labor-Market Outcomes in the Philippines -- Demand for Socioemotional Skills in the Philippine Labor Market -- Socioemotional Skills in the Philippine Labor Force -- Promoting the Development of Socioemotional Skills in the Philippines -- Conclusion and...