An Employment Targeted Economic Program For Kenya
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Author | : Robert Pollin |
Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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The Kenyan economy has experienced improved economic growth in recent years, and the government has maintained a commitment to generating 500,000 new jobs per year. But the country still faces severe problems of poverty-level employment - people working full-time yet living with their families in poverty. This study develops detailed proposals for greatly expanding decent employment opportunities in Kenya, and to accomplish this in a manner that also creates a wide range of employment and business opportunities, including those for small and medium-sized enterprises, agricultural small holders, commercial banks, and microfinance institutions.
Author | : Robert Pollin |
Publisher | : Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2007-02-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781782543855 |
'Investment in South Africa is low, real interest rates are high, the employment-intensity of growth has been relatively slow. The "employment-targeted program" advocated in this book seeks to reverse these tendencies by lowering average interest rates and channeling subsidized credit to labor-intensive, pro-poor activities, particularly small-scale agriculture and small and medium-sized enterprises. This is a bold program and by challenging conventional "inflation-targeted" economic policy, the book makes a major contribution to the debate on economic policy in South Africa.' - Keith B. Griffin, University of California-Riverside, US The people of South Africa, and the African National Congress-led government, have made extraordinary social and economic advances since ending apartheid and beginning the transition to democracy in 1994. But the country still faces severe problems of mass unemployment, underemployment and poverty. This study, sponsored by the United Nations Development Program, presents a detailed economic program designed to produce major reductions in unemployment and poverty, and a general spreading of economic well-being, and to achieve these ends in a manner that is sustainable over a longer-term framework.
Author | : International Labour Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Author | : Deon Filmer |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2014-01-24 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 146480107X |
"The series is sponsored by the Agence Francaise de Developpement and the World Bank."
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Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Youth |
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Author | : Christabel Dadzie |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 83 |
Release | : 2020-09-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1464815798 |
Unemployment and underemployment are global development challenges. The situation in Ghana is no different. In 2016, it was projected that, given the country’s growing youth population, 300,000 new jobs would need to be created each year to absorb the increasing numbers of unemployed young people. Yet the employment structure of the Ghanaian economy has not changed much from several decades ago. Most jobs are low skill, requiring limited cognitive or technology know-how, reflected in low earnings and work of lower quality. An additional challenge for Ghana is the need to create access to an adequate number of high-quality, productive jobs. This report seeks to increase knowledge about Ghana’s job landscape and youth employment programs to assist policy makers and key stakeholders in identifying ways to improve the effectiveness of these programs and strengthen coordination among major stakeholders. Focused, strategic, short- to medium-term and long-term responses are required to address current unemployment and underemployment challenges. Effective coordination and synergies among youth employment programs are needed to avoid duplication of effort while the country’s economic structure transforms. Effective private sector participation in skills development and employment programs is recommended. The report posits interventions in five priority areas that are not new but could potentially make an impact through scaling up: (1) agriculture and agribusiness, (2) apprenticeship (skills training), (3) entrepreneurship, (4) high-yielding areas (renewable energy†“solar, construction, tourism, sports, and green jobs), and (5) preemployment support services. Finally, with the fast-changing nature of work due to technology and artificial intelligence, Ghana needs to develop an education and training system that is versatile and helps young people to adapt and thrive in the twenty-first century world of work.
Author | : Vishnu Padayachee |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 2010-06-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1136989072 |
The Political Economy of Africa aims to fill a major gap in the existing literature by exploring the economy and economics of Africa. The book has a critical approach from the perspective of political economy rather than mainstream economics. This book addresses the seemingly intractable economic problems of the African continent, and trace their origins, but also always to bring out the instances of successful economic change, and the possibilities for economic revival and renewal.
Author | : Fantu Cheru |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
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Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Full employment policies |
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Author | : T. McKinley |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2009-09-29 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0230250637 |
This book is a collection of working papers, policy briefs and training modules, published by the International Poverty Centre in Brazil, which provides a comprehensives set of recommendations for alternative economic policies that can generate growth, employment and poverty reduction in developing countries.