Making work pay in Madagascar : employment, growth, and poverty reduction / Margo Hoftijzer, Pierella Paci.
Poor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. With the objective of providing inputs into the policy discussion on how to en...
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World Bank,
2008.
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| Series: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty.
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Table of Contents:
- Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; Chapter 2 Definitions and Data; Chapter 3 Country Context; Chapter 4 Growth, Employment, and Labor Productivity; Chapter 5 Relating Aggregate and Sectoral Labor Productivity with Earnings; Chapter 6 Linking Employment and Earnings with Poverty; Tables; Chapter 7 Good Jobs, Bad Jobs; Boxes; Chapter 8 Conclusions and Suggestionsfor a Way Forward; References; Figures; Index.