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World Development Report 2013: Jobs

Background Papers

Inequality of Opportunities in the Labor Market: Evidence from Life in Transition Surveys in Europe and Central Asia (pdf) by Ana Abras, Alejandro Hoyos, Ambar Narayan, and Sailesh Tiwari
From Law on the Books to Law in Action: A note on the role of regulation in the production of good jobs in Cambodia's garment sector (pdf) by Daniel Adler and Hans Hwang
Facilitating Labor Market Transitions and Managing Risks (pdf) by Rita K. Almeida , David A. Robalino, and Michael Weber
Public Works and the Jobs Agenda: Pathways for Social Cohesion? (pdf) by Colin Andrews and Adea Kryeziu
The Role of Sectoral Growth Patterns in Labor Market Development (pdf) by Francisco Javier Arias-Vazquez, Jean N. Lee, and David Newhouse
Labor Market Institutions: A Review of the Literature (pdf) by Gordon Betcherman
Youth Unemployment and Vocational Training (pdf) by Costanza Biavaschi, Werner Eichhorst, Corrado Giulietti, Michael J. Kendzia, Alexander Muravyev, Janneke Pieters, Nuria Rodriguez-Planas, Ricarda Schmidl, and Klaus F. Zimmermann
Temporary Employment Services in South Africa: A Brief Note (pdf) by Haroon Bhorat and Carlene van Der Westhuizen
Perceptions of Good Jobs: Analytical Report: Risaralda, Colombian (pdf) by Ingunn Bjorkhaug, Anne Hatloy, Tewodros Kebede, and Huafeng Zhang
Urban Informal Workers: Representative Voice & Economic Rights (pdf) by Martha Chen, Chris Bonner, Mahendra Chetty, Lucia Fernandez, Karin Pape, Federico Parra, Arbind Singh, and Caroline Skinner
Entrepreneurship Programs in Developing Countries: A Meta Regression Analysis (pdf) by Yoonyoung Cho abd Maddalena Honorati
Household Income Generation Strategies (pdf) by Katia Covarrubias, Benjamin Davis, Aminata Bakouan, and Stefania Di Giuseppe
Exclusion and Discrimination in the Labor Market (pdf) by Maitreyi Bordia Das
The Relationship between Jobs and Social Cohesion: Some examples from Ethnography (pdf) by Nora Dudwick
Labor Markets, Occupational Choice, and Rural Poverty in Selected Countries in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf) by Jonna P. Estudillo, Tomoya Matsumoto, Hayat Chowdhury Zia Uddin, Nandika S. Kumanayake, and Keijiro Otsuka
Anti-Discrimination Laws and Work in the Developing World: A Thematic Overview (pdf) by Sandra Fredman
Self-Employment in the Developing World (pdf) by T. H. Gindling and David Newhouse
Moving Jobs to the Center Stage(pdf), Berlin Workshop Series 2013, edited by GIZ and the World Bank
Perceptions of Good Jobs: Analytical Report: Port Loko and Freetown, Sierra Leone (pdf) by Anne Hatloy, Tewodros Kebede, Huafeng Zhang, and Ingunn Bjorkhaug
Jobs, Growth and Development: Making of the "Other" Bangladesh (pdf) by Mahabub Hossain, Binayak Sen, and Yasuyuki Sawada
Jobs and Transitions Out of Poverty: A Literature Review (pdf) by Gabriela Inchauste
What Is Behind The Decline in Poverty Since 2000? Evidence from Bangladesh, Peru, and Thailand by Gabriela Inchauste, Sergio Olivieri, Jamie Saavedra, and Hernan Winkler
Does FDI Bring Good Jobs to Host Countries?(pdf) by Beata Javorcik
Jobs and Welfare in Mozambique by Sam Jones and Finn Tarp
Perceptions of Good Jobs: Analytical Report: Urban Cairo and Rural Fayoum, Egypt (pdf) by Tewodros Kebede, Anne Hatloy, Huafeng Zhang, and Ingunn Bjorkhaug
Structural Transformation and Employment Creation: The Role of Growth Facilitation Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf) by Christian Kingombe and Dirk Willem te Velde
Jobs to Social Cohesion: Via Interests, Attitudes, and Identities (pdf) by Austin Kilroy
Ukraine Case Study: Jobs and Demographic Change (pdf) by Olga Kupets, Volodymyr Vakhitov, and Svitlana Babenko
Should African Rural Development Strategies Depend on Smallholder Farms? An Exploration of the Inverse Productivity Hypothesis by Donald F. Larson, Talip Kilic, Keijiro Otsuka, and Tomoya Matsumoto
Cognitive Skills and Youth Labor Market Outcomes (pdf) by Jean N. Lee and David Newhouse
Aligning Rights and Interests: Why, When and How to Uphold Labor Standards (pdf) by Margaret Levi, Christopher Adolph, Daniel Berliner, Aaron Erlich, Anne Greenleaf, Milli Lake, and Jennifer Noveck
Potential for International Rivalry as Governments Pursue Jobs (pdf) by Philip I. Levy
Growth, Employment and Poverty in Africa: Tales of Lions and Cheetahs (pdf) by Pedro Martins
Returns to Schooling around the World (pdf) by Claudio E. Montenegro and Harry Anthony Patrinos
Private Sector Voluntary Initiatives on Labor Standards (pdf) by Kirsten Newitt
Social Cohesion: Theoretical Debates and Practical Applications with Respect to Jobs (pdf) by Andrew Norton and Arjan de Haan
The Occupational Wages around the World (OWW) Database: Update for 1983â€“2008 (pdf) by Remco H. Oostendorp
The Clash of Violent Conflict, Good Jobs, and Gender Norms in Four Economies (pdf) by Patti Petesch
China's Labor Transition and the Future of China's Rural Wages and Employment (pdf) by Scott Rozelle and Jikun Huang
Sustainable Management of Trees, Reduction in Forest Degradation, and Job Creation for the Poor (pdf) by Klas Sander and Peter Dewees
Innovation for Job Creation (pdf) by Nadia Selim
Productivity Growth and Job Creation in the Development Process of Industrial Clusters (pdf) by Tetsushi Sonobe, Yuki Higuchi, and Keijiro Otsuka
The Contribution of 'Good' Jobs to Development and Cohesion: The Human Empowerment Perspective (pdf) by Christian Welzel
Jobs, Wellbeing, and Social Cohesion: Evidence from Value and Perception Surveys by Frank-Borge Wietzke and Catriona McLeod
Perceptions of Good Jobs: Analytical Report: Jianyang, China Sichuan (pdf) by Huafeng Zhang, Ingunn Bjorkhaug, Anne Hatloy, and Tewodros Kebede

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