Good Jobs for Inclusive Growth in Central Asia and the South Caucasus : Regional Report

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 1.1 Diversity and Commonality -- 1.2 Regional Features -- 1.3 Analytical Framework -- 1.4 The Experience of Central Asia and the South Caucasus -- 1.5 Areas of Intervention -- Demand-Side Policies -- Supply-Side Policies -- Governance and Institutions -- 1.6 Arole for Development Partners -- 2 Economic Performance and Prospects -- 2.1 Growth since Independence -- 2.2 Drivers of Growth, 2001-2015 -- Foreign Direct Investment Inflows -- Terms of Trade and Exports -- Remittance Inflows -- Public Investment -- 2.3 Progress on Economic and Institutional Reforms -- 2.4 External Shocks, 2014-2016 -- Policy Responses to External Shocks -- 2.5 Growth Prospects in Central Asia and the South Caucasus -- Challenges and Opportunities -- Policy Scenarios and Growth Implications -- 3 Growth and Inclusiveness -- 3.1 Inclusive Growth: Ananalytical Framework -- Assets, Returns and Transfers -- Income Growth at the Country Level -- Sectoral Disaggregation -- 3.2 Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Central Asia and the South Caucasus -- Growth, Poverty, and Inequality -- Decomposing Income Inequality -- 3.3 Transfers and Social Protection -- 3.4 Summary -- 4 Good Jobs and The Labor Market -- 4.1 Economic Structure and Employment Trends -- Informal Jobs and the Labor Market -- 4.2 Demand side: structural Change and Labor Productivity -- Decomposing Labor Productivity Growth -- 4.3 Good Jobs and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises -- 4.4 Supply Side: Employment and Skills Development -- Technical and Vocational Education and Training -- 4.5 Labor Market Institutions -- Employment-Friendliness -- Inclusiveness -- Labor Mobility -- Funding Mechanisms -- Flexicurity -- 4.6 Structural Reforms.