Jobs for Development: Facts and a Framework for Policy

by Dino Merotto and Federica Saliola

Development reaches people through jobs. Economic growth transforms societies. But it is through increases in labor income from jobs that people reap these gains. Yet the limited availability of quality jobs remains the most pressing economic problem in developing countries. This report applies a jobs-focused approach to development, which puts the creation of more productive and better-paying jobs at the center of country growth strategies. To support...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464820112
• ISBN13: 9781464820113
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 138 Pages