More and Better Jobs in South Asia

This book is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one is an overview. Chapter two reviews South Asia's recent track record with regard to the quantity and quality of job creation. It traces the relationship of such job creation mostly to overa...

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Main Authors: Nayar, Reema, Gottret, Pablo, Mitra, Pradeep, Betcherman, Gordon, Lee, Yue Man, Santos, Indhira, Dahal, Mahesh, Shrestha, Maheshwor
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Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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spelling okr-10986-23912021-04-23T14:02:01Z More and Better Jobs in South Asia Nayar, Reema Gottret, Pablo Mitra, Pradeep Betcherman, Gordon Lee, Yue Man Santos, Indhira Dahal, Mahesh Shrestha, Maheshwor ACCOUNTING ANNUAL LEAVE BARRIERS TO ENTRY DEMOCRACY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVES FIRING FIRING COSTS GOVERNMENT REVENUE HEALTH INSURANCE HIGH WAGE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INCOME SECURITY INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT JOB DURATION JOB SATISFACTION JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE JOBS LABOR COST LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR REGULATIONS LIVING STANDARDS MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS OCCUPATIONS PENSION PENSION SYSTEMS PENSIONS PLACEMENT SERVICES PRIME AGE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SECTOR JOB REGULATORY AUTHORITIES RENTS RETIREMENT RURAL EMPLOYMENT SELF EMPLOYED SELF EMPLOYED WORKERS SELF EMPLOYMENT SELFEMPLOYMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS SOCIAL JUSTICE SOCIAL SECURITY STAFF TAX TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS TRIPARTITE UNEMPLOYMENT UNIONS UNPAID WORKERS WAGE FLOORS WAGE GAP WAGE RIGIDITIES WORKER WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING POOR This book is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one is an overview. Chapter two reviews South Asia's recent track record with regard to the quantity and quality of job creation. It traces the relationship of such job creation mostly to overall economic growth and attempts to answer what needs to be done to meet South Asia's employment challenge. Chapter three discusses the key features of labor markets in South Asia, including where the better jobs are, who holds them, and the implications for the employment challenge ahead. Chapter four reviews the business environment constraints affecting, in particular, those firms that have expanded employment and discusses policy options for overcoming the most binding business constraints in South Asia. Chapter five analyzes the dimensions of the education and a skill challenge in the region and discusses policy priorities for improving the quality and skills of graduates of education and training systems. Chapter six reviews the role of labor market policies and institutions in encouraging job creation and protecting workers in the formal and informal economy and discusses possible directions for labor market policies, including options to increase the access of informal sector workers to programs that help them manage labor market shocks and improve their future earnings potential. Finally, chapter seven reviews the key constraints to job creation and the policy priorities for creating more and better jobs in conflict-affected areas. 2012-03-19T09:05:26Z 2012-03-19T09:05:26Z 2012 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20120109022653 978-0-8213-8912-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2391 English South Asia Development Matters CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia South Asia
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topic ACCOUNTING
ANNUAL LEAVE
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
DEMOCRACY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVES
FIRING
FIRING COSTS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HIGH WAGE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCOME
INCOME SECURITY
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
JOB DURATION
JOB SATISFACTION
JOB SEARCH
JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE
JOBS
LABOR COST
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR REGULATIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
OCCUPATIONS
PENSION
PENSION SYSTEMS
PENSIONS
PLACEMENT SERVICES
PRIME AGE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR JOB
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
RENTS
RETIREMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
SELF EMPLOYED
SELF EMPLOYED WORKERS
SELF EMPLOYMENT
SELFEMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL SECURITY
STAFF
TAX
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRIPARTITE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIONS
UNPAID WORKERS
WAGE FLOORS
WAGE GAP
WAGE RIGIDITIES
WORKER
WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING POOR
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ANNUAL LEAVE
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
DEMOCRACY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT ALTERNATIVES
FIRING
FIRING COSTS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
HEALTH INSURANCE
HIGH WAGE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCOME
INCOME SECURITY
INFORMAL ECONOMY
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
JOB DURATION
JOB SATISFACTION
JOB SEARCH
JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE
JOBS
LABOR COST
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR REGULATIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS
OCCUPATIONS
PENSION
PENSION SYSTEMS
PENSIONS
PLACEMENT SERVICES
PRIME AGE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR JOB
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
RENTS
RETIREMENT
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
SELF EMPLOYED
SELF EMPLOYED WORKERS
SELF EMPLOYMENT
SELFEMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS
SOCIAL JUSTICE
SOCIAL SECURITY
STAFF
TAX
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TRIPARTITE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIONS
UNPAID WORKERS
WAGE FLOORS
WAGE GAP
WAGE RIGIDITIES
WORKER
WORKING CONDITIONS
WORKING POOR
Nayar, Reema
Gottret, Pablo
Mitra, Pradeep
Betcherman, Gordon
Lee, Yue Man
Santos, Indhira
Dahal, Mahesh
Shrestha, Maheshwor
More and Better Jobs in South Asia
geographic_facet South Asia
South Asia
relation South Asia Development Matters
description This book is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one is an overview. Chapter two reviews South Asia's recent track record with regard to the quantity and quality of job creation. It traces the relationship of such job creation mostly to overall economic growth and attempts to answer what needs to be done to meet South Asia's employment challenge. Chapter three discusses the key features of labor markets in South Asia, including where the better jobs are, who holds them, and the implications for the employment challenge ahead. Chapter four reviews the business environment constraints affecting, in particular, those firms that have expanded employment and discusses policy options for overcoming the most binding business constraints in South Asia. Chapter five analyzes the dimensions of the education and a skill challenge in the region and discusses policy priorities for improving the quality and skills of graduates of education and training systems. Chapter six reviews the role of labor market policies and institutions in encouraging job creation and protecting workers in the formal and informal economy and discusses possible directions for labor market policies, including options to increase the access of informal sector workers to programs that help them manage labor market shocks and improve their future earnings potential. Finally, chapter seven reviews the key constraints to job creation and the policy priorities for creating more and better jobs in conflict-affected areas.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Nayar, Reema
Gottret, Pablo
Mitra, Pradeep
Betcherman, Gordon
Lee, Yue Man
Santos, Indhira
Dahal, Mahesh
Shrestha, Maheshwor
author_facet Nayar, Reema
Gottret, Pablo
Mitra, Pradeep
Betcherman, Gordon
Lee, Yue Man
Santos, Indhira
Dahal, Mahesh
Shrestha, Maheshwor
author_sort Nayar, Reema
title More and Better Jobs in South Asia
title_short More and Better Jobs in South Asia
title_full More and Better Jobs in South Asia
title_fullStr More and Better Jobs in South Asia
title_full_unstemmed More and Better Jobs in South Asia
title_sort more and better jobs in south asia
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20120109022653
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