IFC Jobs Study : Assessing Private Sector Contributions to Job Creation and Poverty Reduction
This report is the result of an open-source study to assess the direct and indirect effects of private sector activity on job creation. The report examines how and under what conditions the private sector can best contribute to job creation and pov...
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ACCOUNTING ADB AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE GROWTH ATTRITION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC RIGHTS BASIC SERVICES COMPANY COMPETITORS CORPORATE PROFITS CORPORATION COST OF LIVING CREATING JOBS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DIRECT JOB CREATION EARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLIER EMPLOYMENT POLICIES EMPLOYMENT REDUCTION EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SIZE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ESTIMATED WAGE PREMIUM EXPANSION EXTERNALITIES FINANCE INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM LEVEL FIRM LEVEL ANALYSIS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM PRODUCTIVITY FIRM SIZE FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTION FOREIGN PARTNERS HEALTH INSURANCE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKET INFORMAL SECTOR JOB CREATION JOB GAINS JOB GENERATION JOBS JOINT VENTURES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR OFFICE LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR STANDARDS LABOR STATISTICS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR-INTENSIVE GROWTH LABOUR LARGE CITIES LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICRO CREDIT MICRO FINANCE MICROCREDIT MIGRATION MOTIVATION NATURAL RESOURCES NET JOB CREATION NET JOB LOSSES OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PAYING JOBS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PRICES FALL PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PROCESS INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATIONS PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFITABILITY PROTECTED INDUSTRY REALLOCATING RESOURCES RETIREMENT ROADS SAFETY SAFETY NET SEES SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRMS SME SME EMPLOYEE SME FINANCE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL TRAINING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UTILITIES VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE RATE WAGES WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES |
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ACCOUNTING ADB AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE GROWTH ATTRITION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC RIGHTS BASIC SERVICES COMPANY COMPETITORS CORPORATE PROFITS CORPORATION COST OF LIVING CREATING JOBS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DIRECT JOB CREATION EARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLIER EMPLOYMENT POLICIES EMPLOYMENT REDUCTION EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SIZE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ESTIMATED WAGE PREMIUM EXPANSION EXTERNALITIES FINANCE INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM LEVEL FIRM LEVEL ANALYSIS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM PRODUCTIVITY FIRM SIZE FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTION FOREIGN PARTNERS HEALTH INSURANCE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKET INFORMAL SECTOR JOB CREATION JOB GAINS JOB GENERATION JOBS JOINT VENTURES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR OFFICE LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR STANDARDS LABOR STATISTICS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR-INTENSIVE GROWTH LABOUR LARGE CITIES LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICRO CREDIT MICRO FINANCE MICROCREDIT MIGRATION MOTIVATION NATURAL RESOURCES NET JOB CREATION NET JOB LOSSES OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PAYING JOBS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PRICES FALL PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PROCESS INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATIONS PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFITABILITY PROTECTED INDUSTRY REALLOCATING RESOURCES RETIREMENT ROADS SAFETY SAFETY NET SEES SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRMS SME SME EMPLOYEE SME FINANCE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL TRAINING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UTILITIES VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE RATE WAGES WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES International Finance Corporation IFC Jobs Study : Assessing Private Sector Contributions to Job Creation and Poverty Reduction |
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This report is the result of an
open-source study to assess the direct and indirect effects
of private sector activity on job creation. The report
examines how and under what conditions the private sector
can best contribute to job creation and poverty reduction.
The private sector, which provides some 90 percent of jobs
in developing countries, must be at the core of any response
to this double challenge. Therefore, it is crucial to
understand the constraints that private companies face in
creating jobs, and the public sector and development finance
institutions must help build an environment where these
obstacles are removed or minimized. This report aims to help
by providing an understanding of how the private sector
generates jobs, what constraints limit job creation, and how
these problems can be mitigated. The world is thus facing a
double jobs challenge: creating a large number of jobs and
creating better jobs. The economic crisis has added 27
million new unemployed; leading to a total of 200 million
unemployed worldwide in 2011. More than 600 million jobs
must be created in the next decade to ensure that
unemployment does not increase even further as millions of
young people enter the workforce. Private sector job
cre-ation is inextricably linked to overall development and
poverty reduction, making it crucial to understand how the
private sector creates jobs, what obstacles limit job
creation, and how those obstacles can be mitigated. This is
precisely the supporting role of the public sector: provide
the necessary macroeconomic environment and a supportive
investment climate. Development finance institutions can
support the public sector in that process, in addition to
working directly with private companies. Development cannot
take place without jobs. Therefore, the world needs to act
now to address the enormous jobs challenge that confronts
it. The main message for policymakers is that job creation,
socioeconomic development, and poverty reduction are not
independent, and thus policies aimed at these should be
designed and implemented in an integrated manner. In
particular, job policies should be a central part of any
development policy, and they should tackle the double-sided
challenge of generating more jobs and better jobs. The
second message is that because the private sector is the
main engine of growth and job creation, it is fundamental to
understand both what drives job creation and what obstacles
prevent the private sector from generating jobs. This report
aims to understand the effects of constraints and of
policies removing them on job creation, while identifying
the circumstances under which these policies are likely to
work. The report also contains some estimates of the
magnitude of the employment-generation effects. |
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IFC Jobs Study : Assessing Private Sector Contributions to Job Creation and Poverty Reduction |
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IFC Jobs Study : Assessing Private Sector Contributions to Job Creation and Poverty Reduction |
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okr-10986-169792021-04-23T14:03:34Z IFC Jobs Study : Assessing Private Sector Contributions to Job Creation and Poverty Reduction International Finance Corporation ACCOUNTING ADB AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE DEMAND AGGREGATE GROWTH ATTRITION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC RIGHTS BASIC SERVICES COMPANY COMPETITORS CORPORATE PROFITS CORPORATION COST OF LIVING CREATING JOBS CREATING OPPORTUNITIES DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DIRECT JOB CREATION EARNING ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL LEVEL EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GROWTH RATE EMPLOYMENT MULTIPLIER EMPLOYMENT POLICIES EMPLOYMENT REDUCTION EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SIZE EMPLOYMENT TRENDS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ESTIMATED WAGE PREMIUM EXPANSION EXTERNALITIES FINANCE INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM LEVEL FIRM LEVEL ANALYSIS FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM PRODUCTIVITY FIRM SIZE FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTION FOREIGN PARTNERS HEALTH INSURANCE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKET INFORMAL SECTOR JOB CREATION JOB GAINS JOB GENERATION JOBS JOINT VENTURES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR OFFICE LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR STANDARDS LABOR STATISTICS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR-INTENSIVE GROWTH LABOUR LARGE CITIES LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATES MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MICRO CREDIT MICRO FINANCE MICROCREDIT MIGRATION MOTIVATION NATURAL RESOURCES NET JOB CREATION NET JOB LOSSES OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PAYING JOBS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PRICES FALL PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PROCESS INNOVATION PROCESS INNOVATIONS PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROFITABILITY PROTECTED INDUSTRY REALLOCATING RESOURCES RETIREMENT ROADS SAFETY SAFETY NET SEES SERVICE SECTOR SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL FIRMS SME SME EMPLOYEE SME FINANCE SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL TRAINING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UTILITIES VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGE RATE WAGES WATER RESOURCES WATER SUPPLY WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES This report is the result of an open-source study to assess the direct and indirect effects of private sector activity on job creation. The report examines how and under what conditions the private sector can best contribute to job creation and poverty reduction. The private sector, which provides some 90 percent of jobs in developing countries, must be at the core of any response to this double challenge. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the constraints that private companies face in creating jobs, and the public sector and development finance institutions must help build an environment where these obstacles are removed or minimized. This report aims to help by providing an understanding of how the private sector generates jobs, what constraints limit job creation, and how these problems can be mitigated. The world is thus facing a double jobs challenge: creating a large number of jobs and creating better jobs. The economic crisis has added 27 million new unemployed; leading to a total of 200 million unemployed worldwide in 2011. More than 600 million jobs must be created in the next decade to ensure that unemployment does not increase even further as millions of young people enter the workforce. Private sector job cre-ation is inextricably linked to overall development and poverty reduction, making it crucial to understand how the private sector creates jobs, what obstacles limit job creation, and how those obstacles can be mitigated. This is precisely the supporting role of the public sector: provide the necessary macroeconomic environment and a supportive investment climate. Development finance institutions can support the public sector in that process, in addition to working directly with private companies. Development cannot take place without jobs. Therefore, the world needs to act now to address the enormous jobs challenge that confronts it. The main message for policymakers is that job creation, socioeconomic development, and poverty reduction are not independent, and thus policies aimed at these should be designed and implemented in an integrated manner. In particular, job policies should be a central part of any development policy, and they should tackle the double-sided challenge of generating more jobs and better jobs. The second message is that because the private sector is the main engine of growth and job creation, it is fundamental to understand both what drives job creation and what obstacles prevent the private sector from generating jobs. This report aims to understand the effects of constraints and of policies removing them on job creation, while identifying the circumstances under which these policies are likely to work. The report also contains some estimates of the magnitude of the employment-generation effects. 2014-02-10T21:40:36Z 2014-02-10T21:40:36Z 2013-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18687618/ifc-jobs-study-assessing-private-sector-contributions-job-creation-poverty-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16979 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ International Finance Corporation World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper |