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World Development Report 2013 The World Bank 3/13/2012Moving jobs to center stage1

2Main messagesWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

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Jobs challenges are huge

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What is a job?

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A job does not always come with a wage5Source: WDR 2013 team based on ILO dataSource: WDR 2013 teamSouth Asia, Africa, and East Asia and the Pacific face significant youth bulges Alarming levels of youthidleness and unemployment

6The jobs challenge

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I. Jobs are transformational78Jobs are transformationalWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Jobs get better with development

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Jobs drive development

9Source: Covarrubias and others 2012 for the WDR 2013Jobs are the main source of household income

10Jobs and living standards

10Job creation and destruction happen everywhere 11Jobs and productivity World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Source: WDR 2013 team based on Bartelsman, Haltiwanger, and Scarpetta (2009), and Shiferaw and Bedi (2010).

11The employment share of microenterprises is greater in developing countries

12Jobs and productivity

12Source: Wietzke and McLeod 2012 for the WDR 2013Jobs are correlated with civic engagement

13Jobs and social cohesionActive membership and lack of a JobActive membership and motivating Job

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What are good jobs for development?14

15Valuing jobsIndividual and social valuations of jobs often differ

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Some jobs do more for development16A typology of jobs challenges 17Diverse jobs agendas

17Agendas connected by the migration of jobsManufacturing jobs have migrated are services next?

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Source: WDR 2013 team based on data from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.

Where will Chinas jobs in light manufacturing go as labor costs increase?

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III. Policies through the jobs lensPart III19Policies through the jobs lens20World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Three distinct layers of policies are needed 20Beyond labor policies21World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Global partnerships for jobsRights and standards: pressure goes only so far

Further liberalizing investments, but managing the tradeoffs

Migration policies: toward bilateral agreements

Jobs are center stage, but where are the numbers?

21The difficult questions22World Development Report 2013 The World Bank Key policy questions addressed through the Report

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To continue the dialogue on what it takes to create good jobs for development join the interactive Jobs Knowledge Platform at:

www.jobsknowledge.orgTo download the World Development Report 2013: Jobs, its background papers, databases and explanatory videos, visit:

http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2013

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