World Development Report 2013 The World Bank 3/13/2012

Moving jobs to center stage 1

2 Main messagesWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

3 The jobs challengeWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Jobs challenges are huge

4 The jobs challengeWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

A job does not always come with a wage

Source: WDR 2013 team based on ILO data Source: WDR 2013 team

South Asia, Africa, and East Asia and the Pacific face significant youth bulges

Alarming levels of youthidleness and unemployment

5 The jobs challengeWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

6 Part IWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

I. Jobs are transformational

7 Jobs are transformationalWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Jobs get better with development

8 Jobs are transformationalWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Jobs drive development

Source: Covarrubias and others 2012 for the WDR 2013

Jobs are the main source of household income

9 Jobs and living standards

Source: Inchauste and others 2012 for the WDR 2013

Jobs take households out of poverty

10 Jobs and living standards

Source: Inchauste and others 2012 for the WDR 2013, Azevedo and others 2012 for the WDR 2013

Jobs account for much of the decline in extreme poverty

11 Jobs and living standards

Job creation and destruction happen everywhere

12 Jobs and productivity

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

The employment share of microenterprises is greater in developing countries

13 Jobs and productivity

Source: Wietzke and McLeod 2012 for the WDR 2013

Jobs are correlated with civic engagement

14 Jobs and social cohesion

Active membership and lack of a Job Active membership and motivating Job

Jobs influence collective decision-making processes

15 Jobs and social cohesion

16 Part IIWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

II. What are good jobs for development?

17 Valuing jobs

Individual and social valuations of jobs often differ

18 Valuing jobsWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Some jobs do more for development

A typology of jobs challenges

19 Diverse jobs agendas

Agendas connected by the migration of workers

20 Connected jobs agendasWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Source: WDR 2013 team based on Özden and others (2011).

Agendas connected by the migration of jobs

Manufacturing jobs have migrated – are services next?

21 Connected jobs agendasWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

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

Where will China’s jobs in light manufacturing go as labor costs increase?

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III. Policies through the jobs

lens

Part III

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Three distinct layers of policies are needed

24 Beyond labor policies

Beyond labor policies25World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Global partnerships for jobs

Rights 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?

The difficult questions26World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

Key policy questions addressed through the Report

But the 1st question is: what is a job? And the answer is not trivial

27 The jobs challengeWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

What is a job?

28 Follow upWorld Development Report 2013 The World Bank

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