03027nam 2200649 a 450 991045472140332120200520144314.00-8213-7531-8(CKB)1000000000536681(EBL)459512(OCoLC)508033013(SSID)ssj0000088147(PQKBManifestationID)11990555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088147(PQKBWorkID)10070862(PQKB)10887164(MiAaPQ)EBC459512(Au-PeEL)EBL459512(CaPaEBR)ebr10236054(OCoLC)427509486(EXLCZ)99100000000053668120080418d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking work pay in Madagascar[electronic resource] employment, growth, and poverty reduction /Margo Hoftijzer, Pierella PaciWashington, DC World Bank20081 online resource (154 p.)Directions in development. PovertyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-7530-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 Definitions and Data; Chapter 3 Country Context; Chapter 4 Growth, Employment, and Labor Productivity; Chapter 5 Relating Aggregate and Sectoral Labor Productivity with Earnings; Chapter 6 Linking Employment and Earnings with Poverty; Tables; Chapter 7 Good Jobs, Bad Jobs; Boxes; Chapter 8 Conclusions and Suggestionsfor a Way Forward; References; Figures; IndexPoor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and earnings for given growth levels, this study explores this linkage in the case of Madagascar using data from the national accounts and household surveys from the years 1999, 2001, and 2005, a period characterized among others by a short but seDirections in development (Washington, D.C.).Poverty.Labor marketMadagascarWagesMadagascarPovertyMadagascarLabor productivityMadagascarElectronic books.Labor marketWagesPovertyLabor productivity331.109691Hoftijzer Margo1031578Paci Pierella1957-907936World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454721403321Making work pay in Madagascar2449011UNINA