Integrating Productive Employment into the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Dr Rizwanul Islam

No 3, Southern Voice Occasional Paper from Southern Voice

Abstract: This paper draws on the special comments delivered by Dr Rizwanul Islam, former Special Adviser, Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction Sector, ILO, Geneva at a session of the Dhaka Expert Group Meeting on a very pertinent issue. The paper underscores the importance of productive and decent employment in achieving inclusive economic growth, one of the major pillars of post-2015 development agenda. Highlighting how employment can act as a mechanism for transformative change, Dr Islam delineates some measurable indicators and policy considerations for achieving this particular goal.

Keywords: Productive and decent employment; inclusive economic growth; Post­2015 Development Agenda; developing countries; labour market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2013-06
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