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OECD Reviews of Labour M...
The global financial crisis interrupted a protracted period of strong economic growth in the Russian Federation. Despite a large decline in output, job losses and hikes in unemployment remained rather modest, and much of the labour market adjustment took place through reduced ...
(2011)
Sick on the Job?
Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work
The costs of mental ill-health for the individuals concerned, employers and society at large are enormous. Mental illness is responsible for a very significant loss of potential labour supply, high rates of unemployment, and a high incidence of sickness absence and reduced pro...
(2012)
Starting Strong III
A Quality Toolbox for Early Childhood Education and Care
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) can bring a wide range of benefits – for children, parents and society at large. However, these benefits are conditional on “quality”. Expanding access to services without attention to quality will not deliver good ou...
(2011)
Enhancing Job Opportunities
Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
by Jan Rutkowski and Stefano Scar...
'Enhancing Job Opportunities: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union' addresses why labor market outcomes have been disappointing during the transition and suggests policy interventions that can foster job creation and reduce unemployment. In many countries in the Region, ...
(2005)
Fostering Higher Growth ...
This book identifies the binding constraints to growth of Morocco. It applies an innovative procedure known as 'growth diagnostic' and has a central finding. The Moroccan economy suffers from a too slow process of structural transformation for achieving higher growth, especial...
(2006)
Minimum Wages and Social...
Lessons from Developing Countries
Offering evidence from both detailed individual country studies and homogenized statistics across the Latin American and Caribbean region, this book examines the impact of the minimum wage on wages, employment, poverty, income distribution and government budgets in the context...
(2007)
Internal Labor Mobility ...
by Erwin Tiongson, Pierella Paci, Mateusz Wale..., and Maria M. Sto...
Large regional disparities in labor market indicators exist in Central Europe and the Baltic region. Such disparities appear to be persistent over time indicating, in part, a lack of flexibility in the prevailing adjustment mechanisms. Internal labor mobility is often seen as ...
(2007)
Employment and Shared Gr...
Rethinking the Role of Labor Mobility for Development
by Pierella Paci and Pieter Serneels
There is one asset that poor people have in abundance: labor. Thus, what distinguishes the poor from the non-poor in low income countries is, simply, their ability to sell labor at a good price. It should be of little surprise, then, that enhancing the poor's access to employm...
(2007)
Youth in Africa's Labor ...
by Marito H. Ga... and Jean Fares
The authors examine the challenges facing Africa's youth in their transition from school to working life, and propose a policy framework for meeting these challenges. Topics covered include the effect of education on employment and income, broadening employment opportunities, ...
(2008)
Working Out of Poverty
Job Creation and the Quality of Growth in Africa
by Louise Fox and Melissa Sekk...
Governments in Africa and their stakeholders have been disappointed with the number of wage and salary jobs that have been created over the last decade or more. Even in countries that experienced both strong economic growth and rapid poverty reduction during this period, job c...
(2008)
Social Protection and La...
The World Bank commitment to Social Protection and Labor (SP&L) activities began in earnest in the late 1980s with the first social funds to help communities cope with short-term adverse impacts of structural reforms. In the early 1990s the Bank got deeply involved in the ...
(2008)
Putting Tanzania's Hidde...
Reform, Management, and Protection of its Natural Resource Sector
by World Bank
Tanzania's annual real economic growth rate has in recent years been between 6 and 7 percent with Gross National Income equivalent to about US$340 per person. A ?hidden? economy could potentially have contributed an additional US$100 per person. Forestry, fisheries, mining, an...
(2008)
Making Work Pay in Nicar...
Employment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
by Pierella Paci and Catalina Gut...
Poor people derive most of their income from work. However, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a link between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. The 'Making Work Pay' series analyzes the important roles ...
(2008)
Making Work Pay in Bangl...
Employment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
by Marcin Sasin
Poor people derive most of their income from work. However, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a link between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. The 'Making Work Pay' series analyzes the important roles ...
(2008)
Making Work Pay in Madag...
Employment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction
by Margo Hoftijzer and Pierella Paci
Poor people derive most of their income from work. However, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a link between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. The 'Making Work Pay' series analyzes the important roles ...
(2008)
Inclusive States
Social Policy and Structural Inequalities
by Anis A. Dani and Arjan de Haan
The heterogeneity of social structures and cultural identities in many developing countries, together with traditional hierarchies, rivalries, and deep-seated biases, has perpetuated inequities. Inclusive States: Social Policy and Structural Inequalities examines the role of t...
(2008)
Assets, Livelihoods, and...
by Anis A. Dani and Caroline Moser
Given the lack of adequate universal social welfare for those unable to find jobs in the salaried formal sector, the livelihoods and well-being of most poor people depends heavily on their asset base. This includes their ability to access and accumulate assets, obtain decent r...
(2008)
Job Creation in Latin Am...
Recent Trends and Policy Challenges
by Carmen Pagés, Gaëlle Le Bo..., and Stefano Scar...
More than a decade has passed since the introduction of comprehensive macroeconomic stabilization packages and trade, fiscal, and financial market reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, growth prospects remain disappointing; labor markets show lackluster performa...
(2009)
Skills for the Labor Mar...
The Filipino economy has experienced overall growth over the last 20 years, but the growth of the manufacturing sector has been sluggish, and the country has lost innovation capacity. Regaining momentum will depend on many factors, but skills have a key role to play in support...
(2010)
Mitarbeiterführung kompakt
Grundlagen – Praxistipps – Werkzeuge
Mitarbeiterführung ist eine permanent unterschätzte Daueraufgabe in allen Organisationen und Unternehmen. Schlankere Hierarchien und Strukturebenen, wie sie etwa durch die Arbeit in Teams und Projektgruppen entstehen, führen dazu, dass heute rund 15 % aller Mitarbeiter selbst ...
(2010)
