Certains économistes mettent le coût excessif du travail sur le compte d?une stagnation du nombre d?emplois productifs dans les pays à faible revenu. C?est la thèse qu?avance un document de la Banque Mondiale publié en 2005 intitulé Jobs in Kenya: Concept Note (Les emplois au Kenya :...

Alguns economistas culpam os excessivos custos do trabalho pela falta de crescimento dos empregos produtivos nos países de baixa renda. Por exemplo, um artigo de 2005 do Banco Mundial, intitulado ?Jobs in Kenia: Concept Note? (Empregos no Quênia: Notas Conceituais) dá primordial ênfase à...

This IPC Country Study by Robert Pollin and James Heintz examines three policy areas related to monetary policies in Kenya: inflation dynamics and the relationship between inflation and long-run growth; monetary policy targets and instruments; and exchange rate dynamics and the country?s...

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This paper reviews the growth, employment, and poverty record of The Gambia focusing on the macroeconomic environment and the structure and functioning of labour markets. Its aim is to identify areas where current policies can be improved or where more knowledge needs to be generated to better...

This paper provides some empirical evidence on issues raised by the global antisweatshop movement. We first consider the relationship between wage and employment growth, finding no consistent trade-off between them. We then measure the share of labor costs in the production of garments in the...

"Expanding Decent Employment in Kenya: The Role of Monetary Policy, Inflation Control and the Exchange Rate” is the first installment of the forthcoming full-scale study, An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya by Robert Pollin and James Heintz of PERI and Mwangi Githinji of the...