Jobs for development : challenges and solutions in different country settings

Jobs for development : challenges and solutions in different country settings / edited by Gordon Betcherman and Martin Rama.

This work examines the experiences of seven countries drawn from four continents facing very different development challenges. The chapters illustrate how, in these diverse settings, job creation can drive progress and what policies can support this process.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Betcherman, Gordon (Editor), Rama, Martín, 1956- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Job creation > Congresses.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Job creation
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:This work examines the experiences of seven countries drawn from four continents facing very different development challenges. The chapters illustrate how, in these diverse settings, job creation can drive progress and what policies can support this process.
Item Description:"The authors benefited from early discussions held at a workshop at the World Bank in Washington, DC in December 2012."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 302 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191816321
0191816329
0191070939
9780191070938
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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