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Full and Productive Employment in Developing Economies: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals

Structural transformation and employment Introduction Structural transformation: some theoretical underpinnings Structural transformation: some empirical evidence Developed countries Drivers of Structural Transformation Structural transformation: in search of alternative pathways Concluding observations Bibliography Conceptualizing the goal of full employment and the SDG framework Introduction Conceptualizing full and productive employment in developing economies Full and productive employment and sustainable development goals Indicators of progress in creating productive employment: an expanded framework13 Bibliography Labour market outcomes and inclusive development Introduction The nexus between economic growth and employment Real wages and inclusive development Concluding observations Bibliography Economic fluctuations and vulnerability of labour markets Introduction Vulnerability and risk in labour market analysis: some concepts Building resilience Concluding observations Bibliography Has employment-intensive growth become history?Introduction Employment-intensive growth and industrialization Labour-intensive industrialization and development in East and South East Asia: a recapitulation4 Is South Asia facing the possibility of premature de-industrialization?Technological change, automation, and implications for employment in developing countries Concluding observations Bibliography Globalization of production and the world of work: is a race to the bottom inevitable?Introduction Globalization of production and changes in the world of work Supplying the global market and the squeeze on workers: the ready-made garment industry of Bangladesh Bibliography Re-thinking development strategies and policies for productive employment Introduction Does economic growth always lead to employment?Is job creation hindered by rigidities in the labour market?How helpful is education and training in meeting the employment challenge?Bibliography Implementation of Employment Strategies and Policies Introduction Coordination of the implementation of national employment policies Possible sources and illustrations of complexity Simplicity in NEP implementation Supporting systems for implementing employment policies Accountability system for monitoring and evaluation of national employment policies Concluding observations

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Conceptualizing full and productive employment in developing economies
Two broad strands can be found in the discussion on full employment and policies for maintaining it: one is basically welfare oriented in approach and dates back to the early twentieth century while the other is more economic in approach and relatively younger in terms of age. The writings of Sidney...
(Full and Productive Employment in Developing Economies: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals)
Full and productive employment and sustainable development goals
Employment goal and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) It is well known that the MDGs (with the terminal date of 2015) were formulated around a target-based format and had a strong development orientation with the goals focussing on income and non-income dimensions of poverty. They...
(Full and Productive Employment in Developing Economies: Towards the Sustainable Development Goals)
Overview of production, employment and consumption developments in OECD countries
Trade, production and consumption are jointly determined which means any technological, behavioural or policy changes that influence one of these categories will also exert an influence over the others. For example, a discovery of a highly demanded natural resource in a country may change the initial...
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Re-thinking development strategies and policies for productive employment
Introduction Despite the importance of productive employment, development discourse at both international and national levels has tended to bypass the issue. This is reflected in the conspicuous absence of employment in influential strategies like the PRSPs (poverty reduction strategy papers)...
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Q93. Why does increased productivity matter for an economy?
Productivity growth - gains in the efficiency with which capital, labour and technology are used in an economy - is the elusive holy grail of economic development. When economists say that productivity growth is the root cause of development, they almost are stating a truism. For example, from the late...
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Investment in Product Innovation and Development
Many researchers including Helfat and Raubitschek (2000), Winter (2003), Danneels (2002) and Eisenhardt and Martin (2000) have argued that product development is an important characteristic of dynamic capabilities and, to be successful, requires 'bold resource commitments' (Steinbock, 2000, p. 184) made...
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Economic, social and employment policy developments in recent years
This section explores the trajectories of Croatian socio-economic policies in order to tease out some implications for reform possibilities and to assess the permeability of the domestic employment field. The post-war years in Croatia saw the economy suffer the consequences of corrupt privatization and...
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The Sustainable Development Goals and the digital-creative economy
The Industrial Revolution 4.0 will open up new avenues for science-driven creativity and innovation. The world must resort to the ultimate renewable resource: human ingenuity and creativity. Creativity is at the heart of sustainability, rooted in sustainable social, economic, environmental...
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Digital Collaboration in Product Design and Development
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Systematic Product and Process Development Tools in Life Cycle Management
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