The Challenge of Job Creation in Asia
Felipe, Jesus; Hasan, Rana | April 2006
Abstract
"With at least 500 million Asians conservatively estimated to be unemployed or underemployed and some 245 million new workers expected to enter the region’s labor markets over the next decade, Asia faces the formidable challenge of creating large numbers of productive and better paying jobs to absorb its underutilized labor force. To meet this challenge, Jesus Felipe and Rana Hasan argue that Asian governments will have to make job creation a fundamental part of their economic agenda."
Citation
Felipe, Jesus; Hasan, Rana. 2006. The Challenge of Job Creation in Asia. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2137. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
1655-5260
Keywords
Economic Crisis
Economic Efficiency
Economic Policies
Regional Economic Development
Public Sector Wages
Crisis
Unemployment
Economic cooperation
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