Similar Search Results

Employment, unemployment, and underemployment in Africa

Golub, Stephen; Hayat, Faraz - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739503

Education policy, vocational training, and the youth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oketch, Moses - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

Technical, vocational education, and training has remained an explosive topic because it can create a divided society in terms of education and the benefits associated with it. Internationally, it has always been a complex and controversial topic compared

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854451

Aid, Growth, and Jobs

Fields, Gary - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

Various development objectives are worthy, but to my mind, one objective dominates all others: reducing the scourge of absolute economic misery in the world. In this paper, I focus on an important but relatively underemphasized approach to poverty reducti

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854458

Dimensions of African inequality

Bigsten, Arne - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that det

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854460

Aid, employment, and poverty reduction in Africa

Page, John; Shimeles, Abebe - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation?the relative growth of employment in high productivity sectors …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854479

Youth in Tanzania.s urbanizing mining settlements: Prospecting a mineralized future

Bryceson, Deborah Fahy - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

Over the last fifteen years many African countries have experienced a .mining take-off.. Mining activities have bifurcated into two sectors: large-scale, capital-intensive production generating the bulk of the exported minerals, and small-scale, labour-in

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010854481

Macroeconomic Policies, Growth, Employment, and Inequality in Latin America

Damill, Mario; Frenkel, Roberto - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

outcomes, on the other hand, refer to the patterns of growth, inflation, employment, investment, balance of payments, and the … acceleration of output growth and employment creation, and contributed to reducing poverty rates. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010540139

Manufacturing Productivity, Deindustrialization, and Reindustrialization

Tregenna, Fiona - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

, by decomposing changes in the level and share of manufacturing employment. The results indicate that in most countries … the decline in manufacturing employment is associated mainly with rising labour productivity in manufacturing …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366418

Is Small Beautiful? Small Enterprise, Aid and Employment in Africa

Page, John; Soderbom, Mans - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

Africa, but they also have higher failure rates. Ignoring firm exit exaggerates net employment growth. Using panel data for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010612995

Trade with China and India and Manufacturing Labour Demand in Argentina

Castro, Lucio; Saslavsky, Daniel - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

their impact on manufacturing employment? This paper attempts to answer this question by estimating the effects of trade … with China and India on Argentina?s industrial employment. We use a dynamic econometric model and industry level data to … estimate the effects of trade with China and India on the level of employment in Argentina?s manufacturing sector. Results …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005001238