Transitioning to Better Jobs in the Kyrgyz Republic : A jobs Diagnostic
This report takes an in-depth look at the development of jobs in the Kyrgyz Republic over the past decade to understand why the country has not realized better job outcomes. Drawing on evidence at the macro, household, and firm level, it examines k...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25489628/transitioning-better-jobs-kyrgyz-republic-jobs-diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23346 |
| Summary: | This report takes an in-depth look at
the development of jobs in the Kyrgyz Republic over the past
decade to understand why the country has not realized better
job outcomes. Drawing on evidence at the macro, household,
and firm level, it examines key shortcomings in the current
migration-led, remittance-driven development model that have
weakened the country’s ability to create sufficient and
high-quality employment opportunities and are likely to
result in deteriorating job outcomes in the future. The
report argues that several broad transformations will be
needed to develop engines of growth in the Kyrgyz Republic
outside remittances and shift to a better jobs path. The
distortions and obstacles that currently prevent the
expansion of private sector employment need to be unraveled;
macroeconomic, regulatory, and logistical impediments to
greater, more diversified export orientation need to be
strategically addressed; the compensation of public
employees must be reformed to reduce the level of corruption
that discourages business growth; and the migration
phenomenon, which will be a part of the employment mosaic
for at least another decade, must be made to contribute to
domestic employment creation and the country’s development. |
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