1.6 billion people working for a wage or a salary
1.5 billion people working in farming and self-employment
77% labor force participation by women in Vietnam
28% labor force participation by women in Pakistan
39% of the manufacturing jobs are in microenterprises in Chile
97% of the manufacturing jobs are in microenterprises in Ethiopia
2x employment growth in a firm in Mexico over 35 years
10x employment growth in a firm in the United States over 35 years
115 million children working in hazardous conditions
21
million victims of forced labor
600 million jobs needed over 15 years to keep current employment rates
90
million people working abroad
621 million youth neither working nor studying
22x the productivity gap between manufacturing firms in the 90th and 10th percentiles in India
9x the productivity gap between manufacturing firms in the 90th and 10th percentiles in the United States
10 million entrants to the labor force per year in Sub-Saharan Africa
30 million postsecondary students in China
3% international migrants as a share of the world population
60% foreign-born population in Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates
The World Development Report 2013: Jobs stresses the role of strong private sector led growth in creating jobs and outlines how jobs that do the most for development can spur a virtuous cycle. The report finds that poverty falls as people work their way out of hardship and as jobs empower women to invest more in their children. Efficiency increases as workers get better at what they do, as more productive jobs appear, and as less productive ones disappear. Societies flourish as jobs foster diversity and provide alternatives to conflict.
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