creates jobs, draws the majority into the economic and social mainstream, and continuously reduces mass poverty. Employment … conditions in Philippine rural labor markets and agriculture can be characterized as casual or informal, with low skill … requirements, with low productivity and returns, and a greater concentration of poverty. This is consistent with a prominent strand …

The challenge of employment in the Indian economy, especially after it growth acceleration since the mid-1980s, relates … to its quality rather than its quantity. While employment growth has kept pace with the labour force over the long run …, what has grown is informal employment. The coexistence of rapid capital accumulation, robust output growth and lack of …

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 …

optimal anti-poverty budgetary rules for two kinds of intervention, direct income transfers and wage employment programmes. …