East Asia Pacific at work
Subtitle: employment, enterprise, and well-being
By: Truman G. Packard, Trang Van Nguyen
Contributors: Nguyen, Trang Van
Series: World Bank East Asia and Pacific regional report; World Bank East Asia and Pacific regional report
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781464800047
Subjects: Labor; Manpower policy; Economic conditions; Economic policy; Informal sector (Economics); Well-being
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Part I -- -- 1.; title: Introduction and Road Map --; title: The context for work in East Asia Pacific --; title: Has growth in East Asia Pacific been "jobless"? --; title: Road map to the report --; title: Note --; title: References -- -- 2.; title: The Demand for and Supply of Labor and Human Capital --; title: The demand for work: A profile from firm surveys --; title: A profile of the labor force in East Asia Pacific: Who is working and where? --; title: Note --; title: References -- -- Spotlight 1; title: Work in the Informal Economy --; title: What is the informal economy? --; title: Why does it matter? --; title: How is informal employment measured? --; title: Informal employment in East Asia Pacific --; title: Notes --; title: References -- -- 3.; title: Is Work in East Asia Pacific Transformational? Greater Productivity, Living Standards, and Social Cohesion --; title: Work and productivity --; title: Work and living standards --; title: Work and social cohesion --; title: Conclusion: Do not take the transformative role of work for granted --; title: Notes --; title: References --; title: Part II; title: 4.; title: The Fundamentals --; title: Prices and exchange rates --; title: Public spending and taxation --; title: An enabling environment for enterprise? --; title: Are the "fundamentals" in East Asia Pacific pro-work? --; title: Annex 4A Supplementary data for chapter 4 --; title: Notes --; title: References -- -- 5.; title: Building Human Capital --; title: Progress in health and education --; title: Supply, demand, and skills gaps --; title: Why do skills gaps exist and persist? --; title: Policy priorities and examples of success in skills development --; title: Notes --; title: References -- -- 6.; title: Labor Market Regulations, Interventions, and Institutions --; title: Regulations --; title: Interventions --; title: Institutions: Organized labor in East Asia Pacific --; title: The impact of labor policy on work and earnings --; title: Conclusions --; title: Annex 6A Supplementary Tables --; title: Notes --; title: References --; title: Part III -- -- 7.; title: Priority Policy Challenges to Well-being from Work in East Asia Pacific --; title: The "jobs challenges" typology --; title: Country categorization by level of development --; title: Country categorization by demographics --; title: Country categorization by endowments; title: Country categorization by institutional factors --; title: Implications for policy makers concerned about work --; title: Notes --; title: References -- -- Spotlight 2; title: Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today? --; title: What exactly are employment -- or jobs -- strategies? --; title: East Asia's experience with employment strategies --; title: Are these strategies viable for emerging East Asia Pacific countries now? --; title: Note --; title: References -- -- 8.; title: Well-being from Work in the Pacific Island Countries --; title: Employment challenges of the small Pacific island countries --; title: Five employment priorities for Pacific island countries --; title: Conclusions --; title: Notes --; title: References -- -- 9.; title: A Region at a Crossroads --; title: What should an employment strategy set out to achieve? --; title: Remove biases that hurt working people --; title: Make labor regulation and social protection work for all working people --; title: Take proactive measures to address remaining failures and capture externalities --; title: Why should this approach to crafting employment strategies appeal to governments in East Asia Pacific?.