UID:
edocfu_9958074061302883
Format:
xvii, 124 pages :
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illustrations ;
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23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-94044-1
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9786610940448
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0-8213-7108-8
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Poverty
Content:
There is one asset that poor people have in abundance: labor. Thus, what distinguishes the poor from the non-poor in low income countries is, simply, their ability to sell labor at a good price. It should be of little surprise, then, that enhancing the poor's access to employment is increasingly recognized as key to development. But while the creation of ""good"" jobs for the poor has become a policy priority for many developing countries, the mechanisms by which employment stimulates growth and reduces poverty have, until now, not been well understood. This book aims to help fill that gap. Fo
Note:
Pepers presented at a June, 2006 conference organized by the Poverty Reduction and Development Effectiveness Department (PRMPR) of the World Bank (WB), in collaboration with the Labor Markets Team in the Social Protection group (HDNSP).
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Employment in Low-Income Countries: Beyond Labor Market Segmentation?; Chapter 3 Good Jobs, Bad Jobs, and Economic Performance: A View from the Middle East and North Africa Region; Tables; Chapter 4 Self-Employment: Engine of Growth or Self-Help Safety Net?; Figures; Chapter 5 Poverty and Earnings Mobility in Three African Countries; Chapter 6 Firm Dynamics, Productivity, and Job Growth; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7107-X
Language:
English
