Employment and shared growth : : rethinking the role of labor mobility for development / / edited by Pierella Paci, Pieter Serneels

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2007]; copyright 2007
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 124 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 331.12/042091724
• Soggetto topico: Labor supply - Developing countries; Manpower policy - Developing countries; Poverty - Developing countries
• Altri autori: PaciPierella <1957-> SerneelsPieter M <1967-> (Pieter Maria)
• Note generali: 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).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Employment and shared growth
• ISBN: 1-280-94044-1; 9786610940448; 0-8213-7108-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778292103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.); Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). . -Poverty.; World Bank e-Library.