Author: Jütting Johannes
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264059245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Provides evidence for policy makers on how to deal with informal employment in developing and developed countries alike.
Development Centre Studies Is Informal Normal ? Towards More and Better Jobs in Developing Countries
Author: Jütting Johannes
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264059245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Provides evidence for policy makers on how to deal with informal employment in developing and developed countries alike.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264059245
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Provides evidence for policy makers on how to deal with informal employment in developing and developed countries alike.
Development Centre Studies - Is Informal Normal?: Towards More and Better Jobs in Developing Countries
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The Oxford Handbook of Job Quality
Author: Chris Warhurst
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191066737
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
The aim of this Handbook is to produce an interdisciplinary and international benchmark text for anyone wanting to understand job quality. Job quality matters and has long and continually done so, even if the terminology used to describe it has, and continues, to vary. Debate about the future of work and job quality in the twenty-first century centres on the impact of the new digital technologies of the putative fourth industrial revolution. This debate compounds existing concerns about the restructuring of employment and, importantly, a worrying proliferation of poor-quality jobs, often within the context of neo-liberal political-economic hegemony since the early 1980s or the economic crisis that followed the Global Financial Crisis of the late 2000s. Job quality is offered as a solution to challenges such as health, welfare, productivity, innovation, economic competitiveness, democracy and democratic participation, Bildung/cultivation, societal equality, individual and collective quality of life, and environmental sustainability. As job quality is a key factor in addressing these and the other challenges, it needs to be understood in all its complexity in terms of what it affects as well as what affects it. This Handbook draws together into a single volume: first, an explicit focus on job quality both as a significant factor in and of itself and as producing instrumental effects on a range of other processes and outcomes; second, a catalogue of the diverse range of multiple contributions and applications related to job quality; and third, the complexity and multiple interpretations of the concept of job quality. Each chapter provides distinct responses to the question of why job quality matters, coupled to a contention about for whom or for what job quality matters most. As the chapters with their respective answers and arguments attest, there are a range of ways in which job quality is relevant to an equally broad range of social, economic, and political concerns.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191066737
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
The aim of this Handbook is to produce an interdisciplinary and international benchmark text for anyone wanting to understand job quality. Job quality matters and has long and continually done so, even if the terminology used to describe it has, and continues, to vary. Debate about the future of work and job quality in the twenty-first century centres on the impact of the new digital technologies of the putative fourth industrial revolution. This debate compounds existing concerns about the restructuring of employment and, importantly, a worrying proliferation of poor-quality jobs, often within the context of neo-liberal political-economic hegemony since the early 1980s or the economic crisis that followed the Global Financial Crisis of the late 2000s. Job quality is offered as a solution to challenges such as health, welfare, productivity, innovation, economic competitiveness, democracy and democratic participation, Bildung/cultivation, societal equality, individual and collective quality of life, and environmental sustainability. As job quality is a key factor in addressing these and the other challenges, it needs to be understood in all its complexity in terms of what it affects as well as what affects it. This Handbook draws together into a single volume: first, an explicit focus on job quality both as a significant factor in and of itself and as producing instrumental effects on a range of other processes and outcomes; second, a catalogue of the diverse range of multiple contributions and applications related to job quality; and third, the complexity and multiple interpretations of the concept of job quality. Each chapter provides distinct responses to the question of why job quality matters, coupled to a contention about for whom or for what job quality matters most. As the chapters with their respective answers and arguments attest, there are a range of ways in which job quality is relevant to an equally broad range of social, economic, and political concerns.
Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2015 Strengthening Institutional Capacity
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264174419
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India is an annual publication on Asia’s regional economic growth, development and regional integration process.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264174419
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
The Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India is an annual publication on Asia’s regional economic growth, development and regional integration process.
The Informal Economy in Developing Countries
Author: Jean-Pierre Cling
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912233
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is therefore of utmost importance from a political, economic and social point of view. Paradoxically, despite its economic importance, knowledge is extremely limited regarding the informal economy. It remains largely unrecognized by researchers, is neglected by politicians, and is even negatively perceived as it is meant to disappear with development. This book aims to amend this situation by presenting recent high level research which studies the informal sector and informal employment. Fresh research into this subject is presented through empirical analysis which covers Asia, Africa and Latin America. Each chapter relies on data and a detailed knowledge of the context of the countries studied in order to question the dominant schools of thought on the origins and causes of informality. The results provide interesting insights into the constraints faced by informal workers, the dynamics of the informal economy and its link with poverty issues. On the basis of the evidences provided by results adequate policies could be defined to address informality issues. The principal characteristics of the informal sector testify to some profound similarities between developing countries: low qualifications and the precariousness of jobs, mediocre incomes and working conditions, atomization of production units and lack of articulation with the formal economy, etc. This general statement does not contradict the observation that there is a high level of heterogeneity in the sector and in informal employment within each country, confirmed by several chapters in this work. In the absence of a sufficient number of job creations, the informal sector essentially constitutes a refuge for workers seeking and is here to stay in the short and medium term, even in emerging countries.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912233
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Informality is ubiquitous in most developing countries. Understanding the informal economy is therefore of utmost importance from a political, economic and social point of view. Paradoxically, despite its economic importance, knowledge is extremely limited regarding the informal economy. It remains largely unrecognized by researchers, is neglected by politicians, and is even negatively perceived as it is meant to disappear with development. This book aims to amend this situation by presenting recent high level research which studies the informal sector and informal employment. Fresh research into this subject is presented through empirical analysis which covers Asia, Africa and Latin America. Each chapter relies on data and a detailed knowledge of the context of the countries studied in order to question the dominant schools of thought on the origins and causes of informality. The results provide interesting insights into the constraints faced by informal workers, the dynamics of the informal economy and its link with poverty issues. On the basis of the evidences provided by results adequate policies could be defined to address informality issues. The principal characteristics of the informal sector testify to some profound similarities between developing countries: low qualifications and the precariousness of jobs, mediocre incomes and working conditions, atomization of production units and lack of articulation with the formal economy, etc. This general statement does not contradict the observation that there is a high level of heterogeneity in the sector and in informal employment within each country, confirmed by several chapters in this work. In the absence of a sufficient number of job creations, the informal sector essentially constitutes a refuge for workers seeking and is here to stay in the short and medium term, even in emerging countries.
Dimensions of Resilience in Developing Countries
Author: Jacques Charmes
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030040763
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This book provides the latest empirical data on the three forms of resilience: informality, solidarities and unpaid care-work. It uncovers and quantifies these three forms of resilience that are generally invisible or ill recognised, whereas these play a major role in the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable populations. The book shows how the slow but constant unveiling of these forms over the past four decades has gradually changed our vision of progress and development and is impacting the norms and concepts that shape our vision of the economy and society. The book also emphasizes the role of informal economy through explaining the origins of the concept, its definitions and the methods of data collection and measurement. As such the book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers in population studies, economics, and international development.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030040763
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This book provides the latest empirical data on the three forms of resilience: informality, solidarities and unpaid care-work. It uncovers and quantifies these three forms of resilience that are generally invisible or ill recognised, whereas these play a major role in the livelihoods of poor and vulnerable populations. The book shows how the slow but constant unveiling of these forms over the past four decades has gradually changed our vision of progress and development and is impacting the norms and concepts that shape our vision of the economy and society. The book also emphasizes the role of informal economy through explaining the origins of the concept, its definitions and the methods of data collection and measurement. As such the book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers in population studies, economics, and international development.
All on Board Making Inclusive Growth Happen
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264218513
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
All on Board: Making Inclusive Growth Happen puts forth a new approach to economic growth that goes beyond traditional monetary indicators and includes dimensions that reflect people's well-being.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264218513
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
All on Board: Making Inclusive Growth Happen puts forth a new approach to economic growth that goes beyond traditional monetary indicators and includes dimensions that reflect people's well-being.
African Economic Outlook 2010
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264086897
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
African Economic Outlook 2010 focuses on public resource mobilisation and aid in Africa, presenting a comprehensive review of best practices in tax administration, policies and multilateral agreements, including recommendations for meeting future challenges.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264086897
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
African Economic Outlook 2010 focuses on public resource mobilisation and aid in Africa, presenting a comprehensive review of best practices in tax administration, policies and multilateral agreements, including recommendations for meeting future challenges.
The Labour Markets of Emerging Economies
Author: Sandrine Cazes
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137325356
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
The past few decades have witnessed the economic and geopolitical rise of a number of large middle-income countries around the world. This volume focuses on the labour market situations, trends and regulations in these emerging economies.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137325356
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
The past few decades have witnessed the economic and geopolitical rise of a number of large middle-income countries around the world. This volume focuses on the labour market situations, trends and regulations in these emerging economies.
Perspectives on Global Development 2012 Social Cohesion in a Shifting World
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264113150
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This report analyses the impact of “Shifting wealth” on social cohesion, largely focusing on high-growth converging countries.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264113150
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
This report analyses the impact of “Shifting wealth” on social cohesion, largely focusing on high-growth converging countries.