that pervasive in-work poverty is the main challenge facing labor policy. Poverty is primarily due to low earning capacity … of in-work poverty - low education of the poor, and the scarcity of productive job opportunities. The labor market is …This study analyzes labor market performance in the Philippines from the perspective of workers' welfare. It argues …

key for poverty reduction; one in five workers is unemployed or underemployed; the structure of Liberia's economy limits … and job growth in the formal sector are constrained by three main factors; labor-intensive public works programs are …

employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective … of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and …

has economic growth affected the level and composition of poverty? How has the labor market contributed to changes in … our key findings of labor market outcomes and poverty and what the implications are for policy making. The final chapter … an assessment of poverty in the Kyrgyz Republic using the most recent data available. The objective of this report is to …

population. The analysis of the labor market confirms the connection between long-term unemployment and long-term poverty. One of … to create well-paying jobs that would enable people to escape poverty, the long term poor are not likely to benefit from … growth since they are detached from the labor market, socially excluded, and in many cases, facing discrimination which keeps …

population. The analysis of the labor market confirms the connection between long-term unemployment and long-term poverty. One of … to create well-paying jobs that would enable people to escape poverty, the long term poor are not likely to benefit from … growth since they are detached from the labor market, socially excluded, and in many cases, facing discrimination which keeps …

crucial role of labor earnings in poverty and inequality reduction, this report analyzes more deeply LAC’s labor markets and …While LAC continues its progress towards becoming a middle-class region, in 2013 poverty reduction was slower than in … financial crisis. Driving the lower gains in shared prosperity and poverty reduction is the region’s slowing economic growth …