Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty. This … paper examines how we can improve our record on poverty reduction by looking at how we can generate greater demand for the … inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment …

protections, and type of work), analysts and donors need to understand better how employment, growth, poverty and other factors … to the three billion people who are poor using the $2.50 PPP dollar poverty line. A much larger number - 900 million …). To achieve more and better employment (where “better” depends on such factors as rate of pay, job security, employment …

fell; the mix of employment by occupational position and sector improved; the educational level of the employed population …, the percentage of registered workers, and labour earnings increased; and all poverty and inequality indicators decreased …

This study examines the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria to gain insights into the country …'s paradox of high economic growth alongside rising poverty and inequality. The methodology adopted is the Shapley decomposition … approach, complemented with econometric estimation of the country's employment intensity of growth. The findings indicate that …

This article focuses on the growth-employment relationship and the determinants of labour force participation rate. In … the time-series framework, employment is seen to have a greater impact on GDP rather than vice versa. This is quite … consistent with the literature that employment contracts can be long term in nature, and they are usually not flexible in the …