Sierra Leone : Jobs Diagnostic
Sierra Leone is a relatively small economy with potential for jobs-rich growth. It is an extremely poor nation with substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources. Nearly half of the working-age population engages in subsistence agricultu...
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okr-10986-290282021-09-11T05:10:37Z Sierra Leone : Jobs Diagnostic Gonzalez, Alvaro S. Michel Gutierrez, Veronica JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY WORKER COMPENSATION Sierra Leone is a relatively small economy with potential for jobs-rich growth. It is an extremely poor nation with substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources. Nearly half of the working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture. Alluvial diamond mining remains the major source of hard currency earnings, accounting for nearly half of exports. However, the anticipated job-rich recovery is unlikely to be realized simply from the continued exploitation of the minerals underneath Sierra Leonean soil. This Jobs Diagnostic of Sierra Leone is a first, modest, but necessary, step to formulate that focused effort to create good jobs. It provides a better understanding of the job creation performance of the economy. It identifies the major problems that hold back the economy from creating good, formal-sector jobs that will lift people out of poverty and get them on the road to upward mobility. The Jobs Diagnostic begins with a look at the jobs creation performance of the economy. It then provides an examination of the labor supply—the state of the present and future workers and entrepreneurs. Finally, this diagnostic looks at job performance of firms—the potential employers and job creators. 2017-12-18T21:36:37Z 2017-12-18T21:36:37Z 2017-12-11 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/134691513064668572/Sierra-Leone-Jobs-diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29028 English Job series,no.11; Jobs Series;No. 11 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Sierra Leone |
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Sierra Leone is a relatively small
economy with potential for jobs-rich growth. It is an
extremely poor nation with substantial mineral,
agricultural, and fishery resources. Nearly half of the
working-age population engages in subsistence agriculture.
Alluvial diamond mining remains the major source of hard
currency earnings, accounting for nearly half of exports.
However, the anticipated job-rich recovery is unlikely to be
realized simply from the continued exploitation of the
minerals underneath Sierra Leonean soil. This Jobs
Diagnostic of Sierra Leone is a first, modest, but
necessary, step to formulate that focused effort to create
good jobs. It provides a better understanding of the job
creation performance of the economy. It identifies the major
problems that hold back the economy from creating good,
formal-sector jobs that will lift people out of poverty and
get them on the road to upward mobility. The Jobs Diagnostic
begins with a look at the jobs creation performance of the
economy. It then provides an examination of the labor
supply—the state of the present and future workers and
entrepreneurs. Finally, this diagnostic looks at job
performance of firms—the potential employers and job creators. |
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Gonzalez, Alvaro S. Michel Gutierrez, Veronica |
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Gonzalez, Alvaro S. Michel Gutierrez, Veronica |
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Gonzalez, Alvaro S. |
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Sierra Leone : Jobs Diagnostic |
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Sierra Leone : Jobs Diagnostic |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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