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The paper frames an ecosystem job agenda for the World Bank Group, using employment impact as an organizing lens across financing operations. It outlines three pillars—foundational investments, a business-friendly environment, and scaled private capital mobilization—targeting job-rich sectors including infrastructure, agribusiness, healthcare, tourism, and value-added manufacturing.","Public Disc losure Authorized  \nillegEquity  \nPub lic Disc losure Authorized  \nFor Discussion  \nDevelopment Committee: October 16, 2025  \nOfficial Use Only  \nOfficial Use Only  \nFoundations for Growth and Jobs  \nUpdate to Governors  \nDevelopment Committee  \nOctober 16, 2025  \niii  \nOfficial Use Only  \nContents  \nContents .............................................................................................................................................................iv  \nExecutive [Summary...........................................................................................................................................vi](Summary...........................................................................................................................................vi)  \n[I. Context](I. Context) – [A Rapidly Changing World](A Rapidly Changing World) ....................................................................................................... 1  \nII. An Ecosystem Approach to Jobs ................................................................................................................ 1  \nIII. Pillar One: The Foundations .......................................................................................................................3  \nIV. Financing Foundational Investments at Scale ............................................................................................7  \nV. One Jobs Agenda at the World Bank Group ..............................................................................................8  \nVI. A Call to Action........................................................................................................................................ 10  \niv  \nOfficial Use Only  \nAbbreviations  \nAI Artificial Intelligence  \nCPF Country Partnership Framework  \nDRC Democratic Republic of the Congo  \nEDs Boards of Executive Directors  \nFY Fiscal Year  \nGDP Gross Domestic Product  \nIBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development  \nICSID International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes  \nIDA International Development Association  \nIFC International Finance Corporation  \nIMF International Monetary Fund  \nMDB Multilateral Development Bank  \nMIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency  \nMSME Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises  \nOECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development  \nPCM Private Capital Mobilization  \nUN United Nations  \nWBG World Bank Group  \nv  \nOfficial Use Only  \nExecutive Summary  \ni. Developing economies are brimming with potential. Their populations are young, increasingly educated, and growing fast. They are blessed with bountiful natural resources. Fertile land to drive a thriving agribusiness sector. Minerals to power smart phones and everyday infrastructure. Abundant sun, wind, and water to meet local energy needs.  \nii. To seize on that promise, the 1.2 billion young people set to enter the labor market in the next decade will need jobs. Creating those jobs could lift generations out of poverty, unlock an engine of global economic growth, ease inequality, and define the next century. That’s the opportunity. How can it become a reality? By matching the dynamism of developing countries with the right investments, so young men and women can climb the ladder of aspiration—and achieve the dignity, stability, and income that a job can provide.  \niii. The World Bank Group has made job creation the central focus of our work toward a world free of poverty on a livable planet, changing the way we do things to ensure that all our operations have a clear line of sight to employment. It’s a different approach, one that works to systematically connect our initiatives with sustainable private-sector employment and entrepreneurship. Using jobs as an organizing principle, we evaluate every financing operation, transaction and program through its impact on employment. 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