Making work pay in Bangladesh : employment, growth, and poverty reduction / Pierella Paci, Marcin Sasin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paci, Pierella, 1957-

Contributor:

Sasin, Marcin J. (Marcin Jan)

Series:

Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Poverty

Directions in development. Poverty

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--Bangladesh.

Labor market.

Wages--Bangladesh.

Wages.

Poverty--Bangladesh.

Poverty.

Labor productivity.

Bangladesh.

Labor productivity--Bangladesh.

Physical Description:

xi, 72 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : World Bank, [2008]

Summary:

Poor people derive most of their income from work. However, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a link between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low-income countries. The Making Work Pay series analyzes the important roles of labor markets, employment, productivity, and labor income in facilitating shared growth and promoting poverty reduction.

Making Work Pay in Bangladesh provides a description of the trends in growth, poverty, and labor market outcomes in Bangladesh. It assesses the linkages among changes in output, employment, and labor productivity, and it links changes in the quality and quantity of employment to poverty reduction. The book also addresses other key issues, such as rural versus urban conditions, women and children in the labor market, and self-employment and household enterprises, and it identifies priorities for further analysis and policy intervention.

Making Work Pay in Bangladesh will be of interest to development practitioners in international organizations, governments, research institutions, and universities with an interest in inclusive growth and the creation of productive employment.

Contents:

Summary Findings 2

Background-Poverty, Reform, and Growth in Bangladesh 3

The Data and Definitions 10

Expansion of Key Findings 14

Chapter 2 Labor Market Overview 19

Demographic Developments 19

The Institutional Setup of the Labor Market 20

Labor Market Indicators 23

Chapter 3 Poverty and the Labor Market 35

Income Sources 35

Poverty Profile of the Labor Market 37

Decomposition of Poverty Reduction 39

Chapter 4 Labor Market: Selected Issues 49

Multiple Income Sources 49

Labor Market Segmentation 51

Rural and Urban Bangladesh 55

Women and Children in the Labor Market 56

Self-employment 59

Inequality 63

1.1 Growth and the Macroeconomic Environment in Bangladesh, 1980-2005 4

1.2 Sectoral Composition and Sources of Growth in Bangladesh 7

1.3 Poverty in Bangladesh, 1991-2005 8

1.4 How Well Do HIES and SNA Data Match? 11

2.1 Demographic Situation in Bangladesh 21

3.1 Income Growth Decomposition, 2000-05 40

3.2 Decomposition of GDP Per Capita Growth, 2000-05 43

3.3 Decomposition of Poverty Changes by Sector and Job Type, 2000-05 46

4.1 Sources of Growth, Women's Income, 2005 56

4.2 Structure of Agricultural Production, 2005 60

4.3 Use of Revenues in Household Enterprises (nonagricultural), 2005 62

4.4 Inequality, Poverty, and Assets, 2005 64

2.1 Investment Climate: Doing Business in Bangladesh 24

2.2 Labor Market Overview, 2000-05 26

2.3 Structure of the Labor Market, 2000-05 28

2.4 Economic Sectors, 2000-05 32

3.1 Income Sources 36

3.2 Labor Market and Poverty Profile, 2005 38

3.3 Labor Income Growth and Poverty Reduction, 2000-05 41

4.1 Multitasking and Income Diversification, 2000 and 2005 50

4.2 Earning Function in Bangladesh, 2000 and 2005 52

4.3 Income Sources in Urban and Rural Areas, 2000 and 2005 54

4.4 Women in the Labor Market, 2000 and 2005 57

4.5 Profit Function of Agricultural Enterprises, 2005 61

4.6 Profit Function of Household Enterprises (nonagricultural), 2005 61

4.7 Household Enterprises, Finance, and Women's Participation, 2000-05 63

4.8 Inequalities, 2000-05 65

1.1 The Comparability and Consistency of HIES 2000 and 2005 Data 12.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-68) and index.

ISBN:

9780821375327

0821375326

9780821375334

0821375334

OCLC:

226308125