Tracking Jobs in Projects Focused on Clean Energy and Productive Uses of Electricity

This discussion paper provides strategies for tracking and enhancing job creation in clean energy projects as part of a body of analytical work from the World Bank’s Energy Management Assistance Program investigating the impacts of the global transition to clean energy on the quantity and quality of jobs in low- and middle-income countries. Through examples and discussion, the paper illustrates how to conceptualize relevant theories of change; identify appropriate strategies and interventions to enhance job creation; and specify, measure, and track employment-related indicators in the project context. The paper focuses on specific projects, not the economywide effects of clean energy interventions.

A team from Mathematica, consisting of Faraz Usmani, Duncan Chaplin, Patricia Costa, Sarah Leser, and Sara Bryk, collected background material and conducted upstream research for this discussion paper.