Expanding job opportunities in Ghana /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
World Bank Group,
[2016]
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| Series: | Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Jobs Matter for Ghana; Challenges and Constraints to Expanding Job Opportunities; Priorities and Possible Solutions; Note; References; Chapter 1 The Context for Job Creation in Ghana; Main Messages; The Ghana Success Story: Two Decades of High Growth and Significant Poverty Reduction; New Challenges: Less Inclusive Growth and Macroeconomic Imbalances; Growing Working-Age Population and Significant Urbanization; Labor Productivity and Job Creation in Ghana: Quality versus Quantity of Jobs; Notes; References
- Chapter 2 A Profile of Jobs in Ghana: Where and How Do People Work?Main Messages; What Is a Good Job?; The 2012 Snapshot of Jobs; Who Are the Jobless?; Who Lacks Access to Better Jobs? The Challenges of Creating More Inclusive Jobs; The Transformation of the Landscape of Jobs in Ghana; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Transitions into Work and the Role of Skills; Main Messages; Education, Skills, and Jobs; Transitions into Work; Skills Development for Labor Markets; Note; References; Chapter 4 Where Are Jobs Created?; Main Messages; Jobs and the Private Sector
- Mapping Jobs to Formal Nonagricultural FirmsThe Profile of Informal Off-Farm Household Enterprises and Jobs; What Prevents Microenterprises from Transforming to Job-Creating Firms?; Notes; References; Chapter 5 Jobs for Development in Ghana: What Can Policy Do?; How Many Jobs and What Kind of Jobs?; Policy Options to Foster More Productive Jobs; Notes; References; Boxes; Box 1.1 Opportunities and Challenges of Urbanization; Box 1.2 The Role of Agriculture in Structural Change and Poverty Reduction in Africa; Box 1.3 Separating Out the Drivers of Growth
- Box 2.1 Sources of Data for the Profile of Labor StatusBox 2.2 Definitions of Labor Market Indicators; Box 2.3 Estimating Informality in Ghana's Labor Markets; Box 2.4 International Migration from Ghana; Box 3.1 Child Labor in Ghana; Box 3.2 Results from the STEP Household Survey on Education, Skills, Employment, and Productivity; Box 4.1 Firm-Level Data Used; Box 4.2 What Is an Off-Farm Household Enterprise?; Box 4.3 The Challenges of Street Vending in Ghana; Box 5.1 Jobs for Development: Some Messages from the World Development Report on Jobs
- Box 5.2 Harnessing Digital Technologies to Address Information AsymmetriesBox 5.3 Labor Market Regulations and Institutions; Box 5.4 Improving Existing Skill Development and Active Labor Market Programs to Facilitate the Transition of Youth to Productive Jobs in Ghana; Figures; Figure 1.1 Economic Growth in Ghana as Compared with Its African Peers; Figure 1.2 Natural Resources as Drivers of Growth; Figure 1.3&Economic Structure and Contribution to Growth, by Sector; Figure 1.4 Decline in Poverty Rates in Ghana; Figure 1.5 Ghana's Population, by Age and Gender