Bangladesh Jobs Diagnostic

Thomas Farole, Yoonyoung Cho, Laurent Bossavie and Reyes Aterido

No 28032673, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: This Jobs Diagnostic presents the characteristics and constraints of the labor market in Bangladesh, identifies the objectives of the jobs agenda, and proposes a policy framework to progress toward them. This multisectoral diagnostic assesses the relationships between supply- and demand-side factors that interact to determine job creation, quality, and inclusion outcomes. Understanding the factors that influence jobs outcomes requires a holistic approach capturing issues such as access to markets, inputs, capital, technology, skills, and matching of supply and demand. Standard labor analysis tends to miss crucial aspects of the demand side of job creation, while growth diagnostics have no direct link to jobs. The Jobs Diagnostic thus intends to provide the comprehensive evidence base to support the development of a national jobs strategy that focuses on policies to foster an environment for more, better, inclusive jobs in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Job Creation; real gross domestic product; small and medium enterprise; quality of job; per capita income growth; active labor market program; female labor force participation; contribution to poverty reduction; total factor productivity growth; capital stock per worker; working-age population; labor productivity growth; return to education; wage employment; labor market outcome; access to job; gender wage gap; share of wage; source of employment; labor market development; Job Quality; poverty headcount rate; share of employment; number of workers; number of jobs; demand for labor; female lfp; unpaid work; investment in technology; unpaid family worker; agriculture and industry; purchasing power parity; social and gender; opportunity for woman; female labor market; gdp growth rate; level of employment; decomposition of growth; term of productivity; inflow of remittance; net job creation; foreign direct investment; temporary labor migration; quality and relevance; trade and investment; labor market changes; decline in poverty; international labor mobility; access to land; number of women; education service delivery; share of work; high unemployment rate; youth unemployment rate; Private Sector Growth; difference in wages; years of schooling; labor market activity; privileges and immunity; labor market pressures; supply of good; annual productivity growth; rate of growth; gender earnings gap; structure of employment; environment for woman; domestic labor market; source income; source of income; long-term poverty reduction; job growth; employment growth; rural area; formal sector; total employment; industrial sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 120
Date: 2017-10-01
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