East Asia Pacific at work : employment, enterprise, and well-being

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Machine generated contents note:Part I1.Introduction and Road MapThe context for work in East Asia PacificHas growth in East Asia Pacific been "jobless"?Road map to the reportNoteReferences2.The Demand for and Supply of Labor and Human CapitalThe demand for work: A profile from firm surveysA profile of the labor force in East Asia Pacific: Who is working and where?NoteReferencesSpotlight 1Work in the Informal EconomyWhat is the informal economy?Why does it matter?How is informal employment measured?Informal employment in East Asia PacificNotesReferences3.Is Work in East Asia Pacific Transformational? Greater Productivity, Living Standards, and Social CohesionWork and productivityWork and living standardsWork and social cohesionConclusion: Do not take the transformative role of work for grantedNotesReferencesPart II

4.The FundamentalsPrices and exchange ratesPublic spending and taxationAn enabling environment for enterprise?Are the "fundamentals" in East Asia Pacific pro-work?Annex 4A Supplementary data for chapter 4NotesReferences5.Building Human CapitalProgress in health and educationSupply, demand, and skills gapsWhy do skills gaps exist and persist?Policy priorities and examples of success in skills developmentNotesReferences6.Labor Market Regulations, Interventions, and InstitutionsRegulationsInterventionsInstitutions: Organized labor in East Asia PacificThe impact of labor policy on work and earningsConclusionsAnnex 6A Supplementary TablesNotesReferencesPart III7.Priority Policy Challenges to Well-being from Work in East Asia PacificThe "jobs challenges" typologyCountry categorization by level of developmentCountry categorization by demographicsCountry categorization by endowments

Country categorization by institutional factorsImplications for policy makers concerned about workNotesReferencesSpotlight 2Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today?What exactly are employmentor jobs -- strategies? -- East Asia's experience with employment strategiesAre these strategies viable for emerging East Asia Pacific countries now?NoteReferences8.Well-being from Work in the Pacific Island CountriesEmployment challenges of the small Pacific island countriesFive employment priorities for Pacific island countriesConclusionsNotesReferences9.A Region at a CrossroadsWhat should an employment strategy set out to achieve?Remove biases that hurt working peopleMake labor regulation and social protection work for all working peopleTake proactive measures to address remaining failures and capture externalitiesWhy should this approach to crafting employment strategies appeal to governments in East Asia Pacific?.

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