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Working out of poverty: job creation and the quality of growth in Africa/ (Record no. 151397)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9780821374429
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Transcribing agency	CUS
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	331.12096
Item number	FOX/W
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Fox, Louise.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	Working out of poverty: job creation and the quality of growth in Africa/
Statement of responsibility, etc.	Louise Fox, Melissa Sekkel Gaal.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc.	Washington:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.	World Bank,
Date of publication, distribution, etc.	2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	xi, 81 p. :
Other physical details	ill. ;
Dimensions	23 cm.
440 ## - SERIES
Title	Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)., Poverty.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note	WORKING OUT OF POVERTY: JOB CREATION AND THE <br/>QUALITY OF GROWTH IN AFRICA<br/> <br/>INTRODUCTION 1<br/>1. Context: the economic environment for job creation 4<br/>DEMOGRAPHICS 5<br/>WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT 5<br/>ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF GDP 7<br/>STRUCTURAL SHIFTS WITHIN WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT 10<br/>2. Constraints: the missing private sector demand 12<br/>INVESTMENT CLIMATE 13<br/>WAGE FLEXIBILITY 15<br/>LABOR FLEXIBILITY 17<br/>3. Conditions: the state of the African labor force 21<br/>EDUCATION 21<br/>Impact on growth 25<br/>The returns to education 25<br/>Other approaches to addressing the skills deficit 28<br/>HEALTH 31<br/>CHILD LABOR 33<br/>4. Consequences: the growth of the informal sector 36<br/>5. Conclusion: the prospects for better outcomes 43<br/>References 45<br/>List of Tables<br/>Table 1: Percent of the population living on less than $1 a day, by region 1<br/>Table 2: Growth of the labor force, wage and salary employment, and GDP per capita in selected African countries 6<br/>Table 3: Indicators of labor flexibility, by region 17<br/>Table 4: Implied returns to education in selected African countries 26<br/>Table 5: Estimated life expectancy at birth in Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions, by gender, 2000-05 and 2010-15 31<br/>Table 6: Informal sector share of labor force by area 38<br/>Table 7: Labor force by sector and rural/urban, ages 10 and above 38<br/>Table 8: Estimated average annual growth in earnings by sector of employment 41<br/>List of Figures<br/>Figure 1: Major Obstacles Facing African Firms 14<br/>Figure 2: Women without education, national % and rural-urban gap in % points. 23<br/>Figure 3: Percentage of children completing primary education, by gender and household income 24<br/>List of Boxes<br/>Box 1: Translating common labor concepts to conditions in Africa 3<br/>Box 2: Most African countries did not realize high growth rates 1995-2006 8<br/>Box 3: Definitions and classification of the informal sector 37<br/>Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
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Keyword	Job creation -- Africa.
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Keyword	Labor supply -- Africa.
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Keyword	Labor market -- Africa.
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Keyword	Africa -- Economic conditions.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name	Gaal, Melissa Sekkel.
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Koha item type	General Books

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				Central Library, Sikkim University	Central Library, Sikkim University	General Book Section	28/08/2016	331.12096 FOX/W	P06071	11/07/2018	11/07/2018	General Books