Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview

This paper reviews legal and other instruments aimed at addressing labor market discrimination in developing countries in the context of understanding jobs as the connection between the three identified transformations at the center of economic development: living standards, productivity gains, and...

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Main Author:	Fredman, Sandra
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	Labor Law Gender Labor market Discrimination Anti-discrimination Equality
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12129

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spelling	okr-10986-121292021-04-23T14:02:59Z Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview Fredman, Sandra Labor Law Gender Labor market Discrimination Anti-discrimination Equality This paper reviews legal and other instruments aimed at addressing labor market discrimination in developing countries in the context of understanding jobs as the connection between the three identified transformations at the center of economic development: living standards, productivity gains, and social cohesion. Discrimination impacts living standards by excluding individuals from the labor market, by (1) consigning them to low paid, low quality, or insecure jobs; (2) subjecting them to victimization, violence, harassment, or violence; or (3) inhibiting their opportunities to benefit from promotions, training, or personal development, because of their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Discrimination hinders productivity by excluding potentially productive workers from the workforce and failing to capitalize on their full potential. It can also have serious consequences for social cohesion, whether in its explicit forms of hatred, prejudice, violence, and harassment, or in its more insidious forms of condemning certain groups to low quality jobs, joblessness, or job insecurity. Beyond the labor market, discrimination in education prevents individuals from achieving their potential and contributing to a productive and cohesive society, while bias in property, marriage, and personal laws make it impossible to enter the paid labor force on equal terms. The current report discusses de jure equality and anti-discrimination laws—and their implementation (including affirmative action)—in the formal and informal sectors. 2013-01-16T21:03:36Z 2013-01-16T21:03:36Z 2012-10 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12129 en_US Background Paper for the World Development Report 2013; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Bangladesh Botswana Brazil Czech Republic India Jamaica Kenya Nepal Philippines Zambia
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description	This paper reviews legal and other instruments aimed at addressing labor market discrimination in developing countries in the context of understanding jobs as the connection between the three identified transformations at the center of economic development: living standards, productivity gains, and social cohesion. Discrimination impacts living standards by excluding individuals from the labor market, by (1) consigning them to low paid, low quality, or insecure jobs; (2) subjecting them to victimization, violence, harassment, or violence; or (3) inhibiting their opportunities to benefit from promotions, training, or personal development, because of their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Discrimination hinders productivity by excluding potentially productive workers from the workforce and failing to capitalize on their full potential. It can also have serious consequences for social cohesion, whether in its explicit forms of hatred, prejudice, violence, and harassment, or in its more insidious forms of condemning certain groups to low quality jobs, joblessness, or job insecurity. Beyond the labor market, discrimination in education prevents individuals from achieving their potential and contributing to a productive and cohesive society, while bias in property, marriage, and personal laws make it impossible to enter the paid labor force on equal terms. The current report discusses de jure equality and anti-discrimination laws—and their implementation (including affirmative action)—in the formal and informal sectors.
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author	Fredman, Sandra
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title	Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview
title_short	Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview
title_full	Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview
title_fullStr	Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview
title_full_unstemmed	Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview
title_sort	anti-discrimination laws and work in the developing world: a thematic overview
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12129
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Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview

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