PHM-Exch> The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


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*The 2013 World Development Report on Jobs*

*World Bank*****

Outline available PDF [48p.] at: http://bit.ly/JqlrSk <http://t.co/BzrYBI0z>
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“……….Recent world events have put jobs at the center of the policy debate.
In advanced economies, there is concern about a jobless recovery; in
developing countries, continued growth cannot shield workers who are
vulnerable to shocks. Political upheavals in the Arab world have
highlighted the discontent of educated youth whose employment opportunities
fall short of their expectations.****

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The report will help explain and analyze the connection between jobs and
important dimensions of economic and social development; and  provide
analytical tools to identify the obstacles to sustained job creation and
examine differences in the nature of jobs, which in turn affects the
potential of jobs to raise living standards, increase aggregate
productivity, and enhance social cohesion.

The Report explores the notion of a “good job” in that some jobs do more
for economic and social development than others, because they reduce
poverty and inequality, strengthen value chains and production clusters, or
help build trust and shared values.****

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The Report will examine efforts to stimulate production of higher
value-added goods and services, boost the demand for labor, prepare today’s
youth to become productive members of society, and ensure an efficient
matching of supply and demand of labor.

WDR 2013 also looks beyond the labor market, identifying the complementary
policies needed to support the necessary structural shifts and the supply
of needed skills. Infrastructure development, policies for competition and
innovation, reforms in educational and training systems to equip tomorrow’s
workers with the relevant skills and the architecture of social protection
all have a bearing on the chances to create more and better jobs.****

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The challenge for the WDR 2013 is to articulate a vision that cuts across
sectors, addressing the dynamic links between growth strategies and jobs,
and providing tools to consider policies and programs from a jobs
perspective. The Report strives to provide a framework to address the most
difficult jobs-related questions facing policy makers in developing
countries.****

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The WDR 2013 on Jobs will be launched during the World bank Annual Meetings
in the autumn of 2012……….”

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*Content:*

*Part I: Jobs are transformational*. We tend to neglect jobs when thinking
about growth, while in reality they are at the center of development. Jobs
connect improvements in living standards, productivity gains and social
cohesion.

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*Part II: What is a “good job”?* Some jobs do more for economic and social
development than others, because they reduce poverty and inequality,
strengthen value chains and production clusters, or help build trust and
shared values.

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*Part III: Policies through the jobs lens*. Understanding how labor markets
interact with government and market imperfections, and how this interaction
affects development goals, is the key to identifying and evaluating
policies for the creation of good jobs.

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