Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean : recent trends and policy challenges / Carmen Pagés, Gaëlle Pierre, and Stefano Scarpetta.

This book analyzes recent labor market trends in Latin American countries and the factors that underlie the failure to create more--and more productive and rewarding--jobs, a failure with substantial political and social costs. The authors analyze how growth and job creation in the region's eco...

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Main Author: Pagés, Carmen
Other Authors: Pierre, Gaëlle, Scarpetta, Stefano
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Washington, DC : Palgrave Macmillan ; World Bank, ©2009.
Series:Latin American development forum.
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