From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">The
2013 World Development Report on Jobs<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Outline available PDF [48p.] at: <a href="http://t.co/BzrYBI0z" title="http://bit.ly/JqlrSk" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/JqlrSk</span></font></a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">“……….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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">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. <br>
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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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">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. <br>
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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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The WDR 2013 on Jobs will be
launched during the World bank Annual Meetings in the autumn of
2012……….”<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Part I: Jobs are
transformational</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">. 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.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Part II: What is a
“good job”?</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> 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.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Part III: Policies through the jobs
lens</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">. 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.<br>
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