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A Path to Jobs for the Urban Poor / Jorge Avalos.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Avalos, Jorge.
- Series:
- Other Social Protection Study.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Employment and Unemployment.
- Social Development.
- Social Inclusion and Institutions.
- Social Protections and Assistance.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Urban Development.
- Urban Economic Development.
- Urban Poverty.
- Urbanization.
- Local Subjects:
- Employment and Unemployment.
- Social Development.
- Social Inclusion and Institutions.
- Social Protections and Assistance.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Urban Development.
- Urban Economic Development.
- Urban Poverty.
- Urbanization.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2021.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- A rapidly urbanizing world presents enormous economic opportunities for the poor and vulnerable but also presents significant barriers to their economic inclusion. About two thirds of the world's population is expected to live in urban centers by 2050, with nearly 90 percent of this increase in Asia and Africa. Section two is a summary of the urban context and challenges. Section three then describes a framework for fostering urban economic inclusion, and section four examines the current landscape of economic inclusion programs, starting with the policy impetus driving their emergence. Section 5 turns to the case for scaling up urban programs by synthesizing evidence on costs and impacts. Section 6 draws conclusions. This note draws heavily on the framework and analysis provided in The State of Economic Inclusion (SEI) Report 2021: the potential to scale (Andrews and others 2021), especially the PEI 2020 Landscape and Costing Surveys, an updated World Bank portfolio (2021) review, and an updated review of impact evaluations of urban economic inclusion programs.
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