A Path to Jobs for the Urban Poor
A rapidly urbanizing world presents enormous economic opportunities for the poor and vulnerable but also presents significant barriers to their economic inclusion. About two thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in urban centers by 2...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/272511637127746316/In-Practice-A-Path-to-Jobs-for-the-Urban-Poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36594 |
| Summary: | A rapidly urbanizing world presents
enormous economic opportunities for the poor and vulnerable
but also presents significant barriers to their economic
inclusion. About two thirds of the world’s population is
expected to live in urban centers by 2050, with nearly 90
percent of this increase in Asia and Africa. Section two is
a summary of the urban context and challenges. Section three
then describes a framework for fostering urban economic
inclusion, and section four examines the current landscape
of economic inclusion programs, starting with the policy
impetus driving their emergence. Section 5 turns to the case
for scaling up urban programs by synthesizing evidence on
costs and impacts. Section 6 draws conclusions. This note
draws heavily on the framework and analysis provided in The
State of Economic Inclusion (SEI) Report 2021: the potential
to scale (Andrews et al. 2021), especially the PEI 2020
Landscape and Costing Surveys, an updated World Bank
portfolio (2021) review, and an updated review of impact
evaluations of urban economic inclusion programs. |
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