Low Female Participation in the Workforce: Solving the Turkish Dilemma
During his July 19-22 visit to Turkey, World Bank president Robert B. Zoellick put his finger on a key issue, female participation in the Turkish workforce. It wasn't a coincidence that Zoellick...
View Article‘Green’ growth, ‘green’ jobs and labor markets
Much of the attraction of ‘green’ growth to politicians and policy-makers is the apparent promise of job creation. Many developing countries face the prospect of rapidly growing labor forces, so...
View ArticleHow to Use Labor Force Surveys to Estimate Poverty
Official poverty statistics rely on costly household expenditure surveys collected several years apart. As a result, policy makers often don’t have up-to-date poverty estimates.
View ArticleAt the current rate, female participation in India’s labor force is unlikely...
Despite rising economic growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, married women’s labor force participation in urban India has stagnated around 18% since the mid-1980s. In a...
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