Towards Full and Decent Employment

by Ocampo, Jose Antonio; K.S., Jomo

• ISBN13: 9781842778838
• ISBN10: 1842778838
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-15
• Publisher: Zed Books

Summary

While the international community has made a commitment to achieving full employment and decent work for all, this goal seems ever more distant in view of recent trends. Revisiting some familiar terrain with new lenses, this book breaks new ground in seeking fresh solutions. Employment creation is the key link in ensuring that economic growth contributes to poverty reduction, with management of technological change crucial. While the recent trend towards greater labor flexibility seems irresistible, recent experience suggests some options for also ensuring decent work and economic security. Although recent financial liberalization has exacerbated employment problems, alternative macroeconomic policy priorities can make a difference. New approaches to social security, the informal economy, the welfare state and rural employment in Africa are explored.

Author Biography

Jomo K. S. is Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development based in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations Secretariat. José Antonio Ocampo is Under-Secretary General for the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in the United Nations Secretariat.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
List of Figures	p. xi
Preface	p. xiv
Towards Full Employment and Decent Work: An Introduction	p. 1
Financial Openness and Employment: The Need for Coherent International and National Policies	p. 22
Technology and Employment in an Open Underdeveloped Economy	p. 54
Macroeconomic Policy, Employment, Unemployment and Gender Equality	p. 70
Central Banks as Agents of Employment Creation	p. 92
Growth, Employment and Poverty	p. 123
Generating Rural Employment in Africa to Fight Poverty	p. 158
Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work	p. 191
How Employment and Workers Rights can be Made Complementary	p. 207
Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment	p. 234
Modernizing the Informal Sector	p. 255
Changing the Paradigm in Social Security: From Fiscal Burden to Investing in People	p. 277
Transformative Social Policy	p. 305
Protecting Workers, Creating Jobs: Rethinking Social Protection in Developing Countries	p. 317
Transforming the Developmental Welfare States in East Asia	p. 330
Labour Inspection for Decent Work and Economic Development	p. 356
Contributors	p. 370
Index	p. 375
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