Job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Subtitle: recent trends and policy challenges
By: Carmen Pagés, Gaëlle Pierre, and Stefano Scarpetta.
Contributors: Pierre, Gaëlle.; Scarpetta, Stefano.
Series: Latin American development forum series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan and The World Bank
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821376232; 9780821376881; 9780821380253
Subjects: Manpower policy -- Latin America; Manpower policy -- Caribbean Area; Unemployment -- Latin America; Unemployment -- Carribbean Area; Latin America -- Economic policy; Caribbean Area -- Economic policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview: job creation in Latin America and the Caribbean; title: Jobless growth or growth-less jobs?; title: Skills, gender, and age dimensions of job creation; title: Role of structural changes for employment and productivity growth; title: Creative destruction, productivity, and job creation; title: The business environment: policy challenges for promoting investment and job creation; title: Improving protection against the risk of unemployment; title: Active labor market policies: helping the poor find better jobs; title: Improving the quality of jobs.