This study investigates how more and better jobs can be created in South Asia. It does so for two reasons. First, this region will add nearly 40 percent to the growth of the world's working age (15-64) population over the next several decades. It is important to ask what needs to be done to absorb them into employment at rising levels of labor productivity. Second, creating more productive jobs with jobs defined to include all wage work and self employment...
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2011/01/01
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Working Paper
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66587
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2012/01/31
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More and better jobs in South Asia : overview
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Agriculture
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More and better jobs in South Asia : overview (English). South Asia development matters Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/242701468306292973