Does Employment Generation Really Matter for Poverty Reduction?

This paper analyzes how the employment/productivity profile of growth and its sectoral pattern are correlated with poverty reduction. The authors use a sample of 104 short-run growth spells in developing countries, between 1980 and 2001. They also...

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Main Authors: Gutierrez, Catalina, Orecchia, Carlo, Paci, Pierella, Serneels, Pieter
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8842618/employment-generation-really-matter-poverty-reduction
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7593

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