The report aims to meet two broad objectives: collect new evidence and propose incremental policy reforms. First, it assembles new evidence and data to inform and update policy makers, academics, and other stakeholders on Brazilian employment growth and skill use as well as the performance of existing education and labor policies. Second, it facilitates and informs the policy debate by advancing feasible policy options to increase employment and productive inclusion.

The study provides an international context for Brazil’s skills and jobs challenges. It benchmarks Brazil against other countries while also compiling and summarizing the findings and discussion from the in-depth policy and technical papers prepared as background for this report. In addition to its original research, the report reviews and incorporates recent findings from other World Bank teams, IPEA researchers, and other think tanks and academic institutions in Brazil.