Jobs-rich Growth in Asia discusses some of the most pressing issues that countries in Southeast Asia are facing in … regard to boosting local employment and skills development while advancing social protection strategies in emerging, fast …-growing labour markets. A joint OECD/ILO initiative, this book analyses local approaches in Asia to modernise labour markets and …

, including: labour force participation; unemployment; sector and status of employment; wages/earnings; and education and skills … and whether women have found enough decent and productive jobs to really enable them to use their potential in the labour …Focuses on whether the tendency towards increased women's participation in labour markets has continued more recently …