Full and productive employment in developing economies : towards the sustainable development goals / Rizwanul Islam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Islam, Rizwanul, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in development economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Full employment policies--Developing countries.

Full employment policies.

Labor market.

Developing countries.

Labor market--Developing countries.

Sustainable development--Developing countries.

Sustainable development.

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"This book presents a broad framework which could enable us to pursue the challenging goal of full, productive employment in developing countries. It revisits the conceptual foundations of full employment, and carefully examines the issue of suitable indicators for monitoring progress"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Structural transformation and employment

Conceptualizing the goal of full employment and the SDG framework

Labour market outcomes and inclusive development

Economic fluctuations and vulnerability of labour markets

Has employment intensive growth become history?

Globalization of production and employment : is race to the bottom inevitable?

Re-thinking development strategies and policies for productive employment

Implementation of employment strategies and policies

Concluding observations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815367864

0815367864

OCLC:

1111639016