Uganda: Jobs Strategy For Inclusive Growth

Dino Leonardo Merotto

No 31808177, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: Trend growth in Uganda’s economy has not been fast enough to create enough jobs with higher earnings for one of the world’s fastest growing workforces. With almost three quarters of young people still joining the workforce on farms, Uganda’s economic transformation into off farm waged jobs in urban areas must be hastened for faster economic growth. This report identifies ten key facts from a Jobs Diagnostic analysis which describe the main jobs challenges Uganda faces. It then sets out policy recommendations for a strategy for jobs and economic transformation which focuses on creating more waged jobs in Uganda, encouraging mobility into better jobs in urban areas, accelerating transformation of Uganda’s agriculture, and fostering inclusion into better jobs.

Keywords: Job Quality; information and communication technology; long-run effect; higher level of education; labor market outcome; social security contribution; job search assistance; gender earnings gap; Young Workers; job match; labor market issue; social security fund; labor market function; environment for woman; linear probability model; agriculture and industry; complete secondary education; terms of skills; skill and jobs; entire labor force; gender wage gap; labor market situation; written contract; skill need; earnings distribution; sales worker; informal firms; regulatory environment; firm size; job performance; marital status; industry sector; hourly earnings; young woman; education level; individual characteristic; older worker; professional skill; firm growth; job satisfaction; average earning; registration status; Higher Education; low wage; confidence interval; protective service; Technical Training; job placement; business skill; quantile regressions; managerial skill; low earnings; geographical location; data quality; education qualification; labor demand; job training; new job; gender specific; Women Empowerment; permanent job; gender dimension; Labor Law; teaching profession; social contribution; job characteristic; labor supply; firm performance; occupational category; earnings trend; occupational skill; driving force; survey questions; individual level; rural area; earnings regression; central regions; individual weight; earnings data; net earning; labor economics; age cohort; earnings measure; low education; micro firms; job offer; previous work; annual leave; education category; standard error; risk premium; informal worker; earnings gain; marginal effect; employee earnings; employee benefit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 80
Date: 2020-02-01
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