Jobs for development : challenges and solutions in different country settings /

"His book is a sequel to the World Bank's World Development Report 2013: Jobs. The central message of that report was that job creation is at the heart of development. Jobs raise living standards and lift people out of poverty, they contribute to gains in aggregate productivity, and they m...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Betcherman, Gordon, Rama, Martín
Format: Printed Book
Published: UK : Oxford University Press , 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Job creation > Developing countries > Congresses.
Labor market > Developing countries > Congresses.
Labor policy > Developing countries > Congresses.
Economic development > Developing countries > Congresses.
Public welfare > Developing countries > Congresses.
Economic development.
Job creation.
Labor market.
Labor policy.
Public welfare.
Table of Contents:
  • The job creation challenge : across developing country settings / Gordon Betcherman and Martin Rama
  • Mozambique : jobs and welfare in an agrarian economy / Sam Jones and Finn Tarp
  • Bangladesh : jobs and growth in an urbanizing economy / Mahabub Hossain, Binayak Sen, and Yasuyuki Sawada
  • Papua New Guinea : jobs, poverty, and resources / Colin Filer ... [et al.]
  • St Lucia : jobs and integration of a small-island nation / Andrew S. Downes, Edwin St Catherine, and Ezra Jn Baptiste
  • Mexico : formalizing the labor market / Gabriel Martinez, Nelly Aguilera, and Martha Miranda
  • Tunisia : jobs to combat high youth unemployment / Abdel-Rahmen El Lahga, Mohamed Ali Marouani, and Rim Ben Ayed Mouelhi
  • Jobs for an aging society / Olga Kupets.

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