East Asia Pacific at work employment, enterprise, and well-being
Country categorization by institutional factors --Implications for policy makers concerned about work --Notes --References --Spotlight 2Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today? --What exactly are employment -- or jobs -- strategies? --East Asia's experience with employment stra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
The World Bank
2014
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| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Country categorization by institutional factors --Implications for policy makers concerned about work --Notes --References --Spotlight 2Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today? --What exactly are employment -- or jobs -- strategies? --East Asia's experience with employment strategies --Are these strategies viable for emerging East Asia Pacific countries now? --Note --References --8.Well-being from Work in the Pacific Island Countries --Employment challenges of the small Pacific island countries --Five employment priorities for Pacific island countries --Conclusions --Notes --References --9.A Region at a Crossroads --What should an employment strategy set out to achieve? --Remove biases that hurt working people --Make labor regulation and social protection work for all working people --Take proactive measures to address remaining failures and capture externalities --Why should this approach to crafting employment strategies appeal to governments in East Asia Pacific?. 4.The Fundamentals --Prices and exchange rates --Public spending and taxation --An enabling environment for enterprise? --Are the "fundamentals" in East Asia Pacific pro-work? --Annex 4A Supplementary data for chapter 4 --Notes --References --5.Building Human Capital --Progress in health and education --Supply, demand, and skills gaps --Why do skills gaps exist and persist? --Policy priorities and examples of success in skills development --Notes --References --6.Labor Market Regulations, Interventions, and Institutions --Regulations --Interventions --Institutions: Organized labor in East Asia Pacific --The impact of labor policy on work and earnings --Conclusions --Annex 6A Supplementary Tables --Notes --References --Part III --7.Priority Policy Challenges to Well-being from Work in East Asia Pacific --The "jobs challenges" typology --Country categorization by level of development --Country categorization by demographics --Country categorization by endowments Machine generated contents note:Part I --1.Introduction and Road Map --The context for work in East Asia Pacific --Has growth in East Asia Pacific been "jobless"? --Road map to the report --Note --References --2.The Demand for and Supply of Labor and Human Capital --The demand for work: A profile from firm surveys --A profile of the labor force in East Asia Pacific: Who is working and where? --Note --References --Spotlight 1Work in the Informal Economy --What is the informal economy? --Why does it matter? --How is informal employment measured? --Informal employment in East Asia Pacific --Notes --References --3.Is Work in East Asia Pacific Transformational? Greater Productivity, Living Standards, and Social Cohesion --Work and productivity --Work and living standards --Work and social cohesion --Conclusion: Do not take the transformative role of work for granted --Notes --References --Part II |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Physical Description: | xxxvi, 259 pages color illustrations 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 1464800049 9781464800047 |