Burkina Faso Jobs Diagnostic: Overview and Suggestions for a Strategic Framework for Jobs

Michael Weber

No 30672458, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: Over the recent past, Burkina Faso has registered solid economic growth and poverty levels have been lowered, suggesting that growth has been pro-poor. Yet, poverty remains widespread despite high levels of labor market participation and employment. In practice, life for many in the country remains a struggle, even when compared to equally challenging conditions elsewhere in the region. The overview report on the 'Jobs Diagnostic: Burkina Faso' provides a multi-sectoral analysis of the country's jobs challenges by looking at macro-economic conditions and trends, hindrances to labor demand, issues affecting jobs outcomes in agriculture and determinants of jobs outcomes in general. The report draws on recent household and enterprise surveys and provides regional comparisons that place the challenges in Burkina Faso in a wider context. It closes with preliminary policy recommendations for a future jobs strategy.

Keywords: capital investment need; Country Policy and Institutional Assessment; Targeting of Social Safety Nets; labor force participation rate; active labor market program; higher level of education; Technical and Vocational Education; Management of Natural Resources; small and medium size enterprise; rate of population growth; quality of job; Agriculture; rural area; labor market outcome; Job Creation; labor market service; gross domestic product; quality of education; agriculture industry; fast population growth; social assistance program; access to finance; movement of worker; share of work; types of taxes; number of workers; vulnerable population group; higher education level; private sector representative; integration of woman; Social Protection; corporate income tax; effect on employment; price of labor; productive employment opportunity; share of wage; employment in agriculture; public sector job; tax revenue increase; payment for service; targeted social assistance; personal income tax; informal sector activity; share of employment; maternal health service; international labor organization; empowerment of woman; high quality employment; private sector demand; Solar Home System; employment in industry; labor market policy; number of jobs; high dropout rate; movement of labor; maintenance of road; privileges and immunity; economies of scale; labour market policy; rates of return; lack of investment; primary school enrolment; improvement in productivity; decline in poverty; alternative energy source; gdp growth rate; purchasing power parity; wage employment; labor regulation; energy import; agricultural sector; labor supply; unpaid work; labor demand; labor productivity; fiscal policy; secondary city; Fiscal policies; urban agricultural policy; access road; increase productivity; working-age population; Informal Jobs; vulnerable group; productivity growth; regional policy; informal firms; inclusive jobs; productive sector; tradable sector; destination market; unemployment rate; total employment; rural population; exporting firms; technological progress; urban population; discussion topic; industrial facility; jobs diagnostic; price fluctuation; survey data; agricultural productivity; early dropout; electricity regulation; extension service; labor policy; Labor Policies; gender inequalities; Gender Inequality; food system; entrepreneurship development; unpaid worker; school attendance; affordable price; smallholder farmer; high share; program leader; low-income household; postsecondary education; productive potential; delivery mechanism; strategic framework; cotton price; social insurance; high poverty; sectoral approach; employment opportunities; investment climate; individual policy; extensive consultation; school-age child; business value; fiscal burden; primary level; Property tax; female youth; financial resource; educational outcome; school enrollment; environmental tax; urban service; Extractive Industry; average productivity; improved livelihood; smallholder farming; skill formation; research show; productivity gain; cotton sector; paying job; government's budget; unemployed individual; young girl; stabilization fund; young men; employment increase; Job Quality; tax credit; macroeconomic fundamentals; wage worker; income potential; subsistence farming; unemployed population; demographic projection; capital factor; tax instrument; consumption level; tradable good; domestic demand; formal employment; domestic earnings; annual contribution; youth bulge; agricultural employment; payroll tax; high correlation; agricultural season; household income; female farmer; entrepreneurship training; contributory insurance; weather insurance; climate shock; draft note; market relevance; young people; business investments; Economic Policy; investment program; Water Management; Informal Work; energy resource; Education Quality; vocational skill; university program; economic diversification; basic skill; cotton production; market failure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2018-12-01
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