Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth

Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth

Trend growth in Uganda’s economy has not been fast enough to create enough jobs with higher earnings for one of the world’s fastest growing workforces. With almost three quarters of young people still joining the workforce on farms, Uganda’s economic transformation into off farm waged jobs in urban...

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Main Author: Merotto, Dino
Format: Policy Note
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
JOB CREATION
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
LABOR MARKET
URBANIZATION
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/693101582561426416/Uganda-Jobs-Strategy-for-Inclusive-Growth
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spelling okr-10986-333422021-05-25T09:32:45Z Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth Merotto, Dino JOB CREATION INCLUSIVE GROWTH LABOR MARKET URBANIZATION WAGE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION Trend growth in Uganda’s economy has not been fast enough to create enough jobs with higher earnings for one of the world’s fastest growing workforces. With almost three quarters of young people still joining the workforce on farms, Uganda’s economic transformation into off farm waged jobs in urban areas must be hastened for faster economic growth. This report identifies ten key facts from a Jobs Diagnostic analysis which describe the main jobs challenges Uganda faces. It then sets out policy recommendations for a strategy for jobs and economic transformation which focuses on creating more waged jobs in Uganda, encouraging mobility into better jobs in urban areas, accelerating transformation of Uganda’s agriculture, and fostering inclusion into better jobs. 2020-02-18T20:44:33Z 2020-02-18T20:44:33Z 2020-02-25 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/693101582561426416/Uganda-Jobs-Strategy-for-Inclusive-Growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33342 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Africa Uganda
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topic JOB CREATION
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
LABOR MARKET
URBANIZATION
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
spellingShingle JOB CREATION
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
LABOR MARKET
URBANIZATION
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
Merotto, Dino
Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth
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description Trend growth in Uganda’s economy has not been fast enough to create enough jobs with higher earnings for one of the world’s fastest growing workforces. With almost three quarters of young people still joining the workforce on farms, Uganda’s economic transformation into off farm waged jobs in urban areas must be hastened for faster economic growth. This report identifies ten key facts from a Jobs Diagnostic analysis which describe the main jobs challenges Uganda faces. It then sets out policy recommendations for a strategy for jobs and economic transformation which focuses on creating more waged jobs in Uganda, encouraging mobility into better jobs in urban areas, accelerating transformation of Uganda’s agriculture, and fostering inclusion into better jobs.
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author Merotto, Dino
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title Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth
title_short Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth
title_full Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth
title_fullStr Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth
title_full_unstemmed Uganda : Jobs Strategy for Inclusive Growth
title_sort uganda : jobs strategy for inclusive growth
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
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