Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic : Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy

The Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic applies the Bank's standard Jobs Diagnostics tool to explore trends and macro drivers of economic and jobs transformation, labor market outcomes from the supply side, and sources of job creation from the perspecti...

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Main Authors:	Castro-Leal, Florencia T., Porras-Mendoza, Janet
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	JOB CREATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SUPPLY LABOR MARKET ENROLLMENT SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM LABOR DEMAND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/240891596480615451/Nicaragua-Jobs-Diagnostic-Towards-a-Jobs-and-Economic-Transformation-Strategy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34275

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spelling	okr-10986-342752021-05-25T09:57:54Z Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic : Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy Castro-Leal, Florencia T. Porras-Mendoza, Janet JOB CREATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SUPPLY LABOR MARKET ENROLLMENT SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM LABOR DEMAND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT The Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic applies the Bank's standard Jobs Diagnostics tool to explore trends and macro drivers of economic and jobs transformation, labor market outcomes from the supply side, and sources of job creation from the perspective of the demand or private sector sides. The report shows that the distributions of jobs and production (value added) do not show significant changes over the last 15 years. This finding is directly linked to the slow urbanization and the predominance of subsistence agriculture in rural areas, thus reinforcing and urging the need to shift the Nicaraguan economy towards higher productivity, employment creation, and formalization to support future growth in jobs. The recommendations address structural and short-term challenges focusing on labor and jobs growth. This report will serve the country and sector teams as an entry point to explore future areas of interest, as it is designed to serve as a baseline to understand the economic transformation trends until 2018; particularly in the event of the shock that shrank the economy by more than 3 percent 2020-08-05T20:08:45Z 2020-08-05T20:08:45Z 2019-06-07 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/240891596480615451/Nicaragua-Jobs-Diagnostic-Towards-a-Jobs-and-Economic-Transformation-Strategy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34275 English Jobs Series;No. 23 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua
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topic	JOB CREATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SUPPLY LABOR MARKET ENROLLMENT SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM LABOR DEMAND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
spellingShingle	JOB CREATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR SUPPLY LABOR MARKET ENROLLMENT SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM LABOR DEMAND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Castro-Leal, Florencia T. Porras-Mendoza, Janet Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic : Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean Nicaragua
relation	Jobs Series;No. 23
description	The Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic applies the Bank's standard Jobs Diagnostics tool to explore trends and macro drivers of economic and jobs transformation, labor market outcomes from the supply side, and sources of job creation from the perspective of the demand or private sector sides. The report shows that the distributions of jobs and production (value added) do not show significant changes over the last 15 years. This finding is directly linked to the slow urbanization and the predominance of subsistence agriculture in rural areas, thus reinforcing and urging the need to shift the Nicaraguan economy towards higher productivity, employment creation, and formalization to support future growth in jobs. The recommendations address structural and short-term challenges focusing on labor and jobs growth. This report will serve the country and sector teams as an entry point to explore future areas of interest, as it is designed to serve as a baseline to understand the economic transformation trends until 2018; particularly in the event of the shock that shrank the economy by more than 3 percent
format	Report
author	Castro-Leal, Florencia T. Porras-Mendoza, Janet
author_facet	Castro-Leal, Florencia T. Porras-Mendoza, Janet
author_sort	Castro-Leal, Florencia T.
title	Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic : Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy
title_short	Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic : Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy
title_full	Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic : Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy
title_fullStr	Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic : Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy
title_full_unstemmed	Nicaragua Jobs Diagnostic : Toward a Jobs and Economic Transformation Strategy
title_sort	nicaragua jobs diagnostic : toward a jobs and economic transformation strategy
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/240891596480615451/Nicaragua-Jobs-Diagnostic-Towards-a-Jobs-and-Economic-Transformation-Strategy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34275
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