high-productivity, high-paying jobs for Uzbekistan's growing population will be vital to sustaining economic growth … income distribution. Uzbekistan can expect to develop higher-paying jobs as it transitions from a factor-driven economy to an … employment. This new analysis was possible by applying the growth decomposition tool to new data disaggregated by sectors of the …

Using firm-level data for Georgia, the paper estimates the quasi-elasticity of employment and wages with respect to the … employment levels and average wages by gender and consider whether export destination or the competiveness of economies matters … improves female employment but reduces overall average wages and female wages. Increasing exports to the European Union as well …

Iraq needs a strategy to make rapid progress in tackling its profound jobs challenges. Iraq is facing a jobs crisis of …/ public sector hiring can create jobs at the desired scale without significant new policy action. The first-best solution for … aim is to outline workable steps for progress in a jobs crisis in a post-conflict situation. Because these steps focus on …

unemployment in non-European OECD sample, which is in accordance with the text-book pricing out effect. To examine the potential …

of the poor and to their limited access to regular and productive jobs. Behind these are the two interrelated root causes … segmented into good and bad jobs, with the poor working in the latter. They hold jobs that are informal, temporary or casual …, and low-paid. Widespread informality means that the poor neither benefit from the minimum wage policy nor from employment …

towards higher productivity, employment creation, and formalization to support future growth in jobs. The recommendations …The Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic applies the Bank's standard Jobs Diagnostics tool to explore trends and macro drivers of … economic and jobs transformation, labor market outcomes from the supply side, and sources of job creation from the perspective …

sectors, it also saw marked improvements in job quality and the creation of many new jobs that are good for development. Good … jobs for development, the focus of this analysis, are those that boost living standards, have higher levels of productivity … employment outcomes have improved for a majority of Paraguayans, the degree to which certain types of workers have not benefited …