Tajikistan Jobs Diagnostic: Strategic Framework for Jobs

Victoria Strokova and Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad

No 27171695, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: Tajikistan’s economy is not creating sufficient jobs for its rapidly growing workforce, in particular its burgeoning youth population. As a result, its most valuable asset – human capital – is largely underutilized. Although remittance-driven growth since the early 2000s has led to a steep decline in the poverty rate, poverty remains high. Strong economic growth in the last decade has not resulted from structural transformation that can lead to sustained improvements in the standard of living. Jobs have been created, but these are mainly in low-productivity activities, often in the informal sector. In addition, there are major inequalities in terms of labor market outcomes between population groups and across regions. The report, “Tajikistan Jobs Diagnostic: Strategic Framework for Jobs”, analyzes the main challenges the country faces in creating jobs at the macro, firm, and household levels. It also sets out policy recommendations to enable the country to create more and better jobs that are also more inclusive of women, youth, and other vulnerable population groups.

Keywords: access to job; international standard; access to social protection; Food Security and Nutrition; increasing labor force participation; information and communication technology; female labor force participation; small and medium size enterprise; labor market information system; active labor market program; access to new technology; company with limited liability; output per worker; labor market outcome; Job Creation; informal sector; working age adults; trade and competitiveness; Promoting Private Sector; working age population; labor market policy; public sector employment; decline in remittance; increase in labor; source income; source of income; drop in poverty; foreign direct investment; skills and education; unpaid family worker; access to finance; standard of living; quality of job; supply side policy; international poverty line; private sector provider; competitive private sector; number of jobs; social insurance program; labor productivity growth; unit of measurement; loss of life; privileges and immunity; primary school education; Closing of Business; direct investment policy; barriers to growth; Access to Education; cooperation and assistance; private sector representative; Private Sector Growth; labor force participant; purchasing power parity; labor force survey; lack of competition; regression of log; bureau of statistic; total factor productivity; agriculture and service; international labor organization; allocation of labor; Rural Investment Climate; foreign exchange market; number of migrants; movement of worker; barriers to entrepreneurship; job search assistance; state owned enterprise; gdp growth rate; education and health; private sector wage; informal sector worker; vulnerable population group; total labor force; complete secondary school; opportunity for woman; Early childhood education; gross national income; inclusive economic growth; manufacturing sector; labor demand; business environment; improving productivity; local value; social security; international migrant; unpaid worker; employment outcome; banking sector; rural area; small producer; Labor migration; return migrant; increase productivity; high wage; logistics cost; firm size; formal employment; female employment; civil society; enabling environment; Natural Resources; Civil War; trading partner; Public Employment; export base; external shock; economic slowdown; economic sector; productive sector; productive employment; labor supply; employment rate; living condition; energy security; communication opportunities; working condition; removing barriers; development partner; agricultural sector; Macroeconomic Policy; vulnerable worker; external demand; macroeconomic development; lagging region; household survey; investment incentive; total employment; russian ruble; increased investment; survey data; social gains; earnings growth; physical damage; domestic demand; gainful employment; dollar value; labor migrants; regional inequality; macroeconomic performance; competition policy; Advisory services; adult migration; skills assessment; life skill; receiving countries; macroeconomic situation; remittance income; government institution; privatization effort; salaried worker; Public Services; credit practice; human capital; Public Spending; state budget; younger cohort; eligibility criterion; Tax Exemption; tax audit; lending risk; collateral requirement; registered corporation; regulatory norms; customs process; transport equipment; entry rate; wage employment; anticompetitive practices; formal business; school system; jobs diagnostic; migrant skills; high employment; skill upgrading; matching grant; Exchange Rates; entrepreneurial services; Community Services; income support; international reserve; eliminating restrictions; graduate student; budget process; employment agency; macro reform; budget policy; steep decline; private company; high share; republican subordination; media intervention; skill need; hydrocarbon potential; employment contract; education level; legal entity; agricultural output; hydropower potential; demographic contrast; female youth; young people; youth labor; role models; young woman; occupational segregation; autonomous region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 119
Date: 2017-01-01
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