Working out of poverty : job creation and the quality of growth in Africa /

Governments in Africa and their stakeholders have been disappointed with the number of wage and salary jobs that have been created over the last decade or more. Even in countries that experienced both strong economic growth and rapid poverty reduction during this period, job creation has lagged behi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fox, M. Louise
Otros Autores: Gaal, Melissa Sekkel, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2008.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty.
Temas:
Job creation > Africa.
Labor supply > Africa.
Labor market > Africa.
Création d'emplois > Afrique.
Marché du travail > Afrique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Economic history
Job creation
Labor market
Labor supply
Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Armoede.
Arbeidsplaatsen.
Africa > Economic conditions.
Afrique > Conditions économiques.
Africa
Afrika
Afrika.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Governments in Africa and their stakeholders have been disappointed with the number of wage and salary jobs that have been created over the last decade or more. Even in countries that experienced both strong economic growth and rapid poverty reduction during this period, job creation has lagged behind expectations. Faced with a rapidly growing labor force, Africa has to find new ways to create better paying jobs. Working Out of Poverty reviews the literature and presents original research by the authors analyzing job creation in Sub-Saharan Africa in light of economic performance over the deca.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 81 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-76).
ISBN:9780821374436
0821374435
1281385921
9781281385925
9786611385927
6611385924

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