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inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment … opportunities for the poor and can offer relatively higher wages. However, expected high-productivity employment opportunities from …
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to create enough good jobs. Structural transformation - the relative growth of employment in high productivity sectors … responsiveness of employment to growth. The role of development aid in this context is problematic. Across Africa more aid went to … countries with a low employment intensity of growth. The paper proposes a new approach to aid and poverty in Africa, one that …
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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 determine inequality change, focusing on...
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human capital, but they had high employment rates, and over time they closed their initial large earnings gap with other …
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This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that … services sector. Employment elasticity of growth was positive and quite low, reflecting the country's poor overall employment …
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inequality and poverty to changes in factor endowments and changes in economic and employment structures. We also provide some …
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The Sustainable Livelihood Program - Employment Facilitation Track (SLP-EF Track) is a scheme that facilitates the … employment of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries. The SLP-EF track has much potential to bring the 4Ps … effective in targeting beneficiaries and in identifying employment partners for 4Ps. There is also a need for the Department of …
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intended to protect; (iii) decrease the employment probability of the young, inexperienced, less educated, and women laborers …
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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 reduction: helping the poor earn more in the...
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source of employment. Other dimensions of success include increased motivation to be productive; better links to employment …
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