The Institute for Structural Research (IBS) cooperated with the Ministry of Finance in Chile and the World Bank to conduct an economic analysis of the costs of Chile’s new ambitious climate change mitigation plan which would ensure carbon neutrality of the country in 2050.
COVID-19 is driving economies into recession, putting many jobs at risk. Up to 242 million full-time jobs could be lost globally, with 70% of these in Asia and the Pacific.
The 2020 Jobs and Development Conference took place online on September 1-4, 2020. The event, co-organised by IBS, focused on policy-relevant research, applicable to identifying solutions to jobs challenges in low and middle income countries.
We’re happy to announce that the conference program is now available online!
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, we are rescheduling the 3rd Annual IZA/World Bank/NJD/UNU-WIDER Jobs and Development Conference “Better Jobs for Development” to be held online on September 1-4, 2020.
In the new project funded by the Horizon 2020 programme we will analyse what makes clean-energy transitions in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions successful and effective. IBS will carry out an analysis of labour market implications of coal transition and a study on tipping points in the rise of populism.
