Zambia Jobs Diagnostic : Analytics

One of the world’s most youthful countries, Zambia’s economy has been booming since the early 2000s on the back of record high copper prices and private sector investment response to the better business environment. But poverty rose from 2010 to 20...

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Main Author:	Merotto, Dino
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	JOBS ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION TRANSFORMATION LABOR MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SUPPLY EMPLOYMENT FIRM DYNAMICS PRODUCTIVITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/277791496907975315/Zambia-Jobs-diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27008

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spelling	okr-10986-270082021-05-25T09:00:34Z Zambia Jobs Diagnostic : Analytics Merotto, Dino JOBS ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION TRANSFORMATION LABOR MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SUPPLY EMPLOYMENT FIRM DYNAMICS PRODUCTIVITY One of the world’s most youthful countries, Zambia’s economy has been booming since the early 2000s on the back of record high copper prices and private sector investment response to the better business environment. But poverty rose from 2010 to 2015 and remains very high in rural areas. Economic transformation is underway with workers moving to off-farm jobs, but these are heavily skewed in the capital Lusaka and in the Copperbelt, are mostly informal, and aside from jobs on the commercial farms, good waged are inaccessible to large groups of rural Zambians, especially women and youth. As labor has started moving out of agriculture into industry and especially into services, productivity and hours worked have fallen on average, especially for young people and those with low levels of education. Better educated people in the upper income quintiles are gaining most from rapid growth in Zambia, with the public sector hiring a substantial share of better educated Zambians and paying them more for a given level of education. The majority of Zambia’s rising number of poor people are stuck in low productivity agriculture. This report identifies the main jobs challenges facing Zambia and recommends policies and programs that could reduce poverty and make growth more inclusive by generating more and better jobs for Zambia. 2017-06-08T15:23:38Z 2017-06-08T15:23:38Z 2017 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/277791496907975315/Zambia-Jobs-diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27008 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: General Economy, Macroeconomics, and Growth Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Zambia
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description	One of the world’s most youthful countries, Zambia’s economy has been booming since the early 2000s on the back of record high copper prices and private sector investment response to the better business environment. But poverty rose from 2010 to 2015 and remains very high in rural areas. Economic transformation is underway with workers moving to off-farm jobs, but these are heavily skewed in the capital Lusaka and in the Copperbelt, are mostly informal, and aside from jobs on the commercial farms, good waged are inaccessible to large groups of rural Zambians, especially women and youth. As labor has started moving out of agriculture into industry and especially into services, productivity and hours worked have fallen on average, especially for young people and those with low levels of education. Better educated people in the upper income quintiles are gaining most from rapid growth in Zambia, with the public sector hiring a substantial share of better educated Zambians and paying them more for a given level of education. The majority of Zambia’s rising number of poor people are stuck in low productivity agriculture. This report identifies the main jobs challenges facing Zambia and recommends policies and programs that could reduce poverty and make growth more inclusive by generating more and better jobs for Zambia.
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title	Zambia Jobs Diagnostic : Analytics
title_short	Zambia Jobs Diagnostic : Analytics
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