Three human capital gaps holding back jobs in Europe and Central Asia Michal RutkowskiIndhira SantosJamexis ChristianDaniel Rodriguez-Segura April 02, 2026 This page in: English Français Español Русский © 2026 World Bank Group,

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/europeandcentralasia/three-human-capital-gaps-holding-back-jobs-in-europe-and-central If countries in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) were to catch up to the human capital levels of the region’s more advanced economies, wages could rise on average by more than 30 percent. © 2026 World Bank Group,