03281oam 22007095 450 991078214550332120200520144314.00-8213-7531-810.1596/978-0-8213-7530-3(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(The World Bank)226038263(The World Bank)ocn226038263(US-djbf)15266846(EXLCZ)99100000000053668120080418d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaking work pay in Madagascar : employment, growth, and poverty reduction /Margo Hoftijzer, Pierella PaciWashington, DC :World Bank,2008.xiv, 139 pages illustrations, map ;23 cmDirections 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.)Directions in development (Washington, D.C.).Poverty.World Bank e-Library.Labor marketMadagascarWagesMadagascarPovertyMadagascarLabor productivityMadagascarLabor marketWagesPovertyLabor productivity331.109691Hoftijzer Margo1572059Paci Pierella1957-1551481World Bank.DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910782145503321Making work pay in Madagascar3846672UNINA