East Asia Pacific at work: employment, enterprise, and well-being

Country categorization by institutional factors --Implications for policy makers concerned about work --Notes --References --Spotlight 2Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today? --What exactly are employment -- or jobs -- strategies? --East Asia's experience with employment stra...

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Main Author: Packard, Truman G. 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank c2014
Series:World Bank E-Library Archive
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Country categorization by institutional factors --Implications for policy makers concerned about work --Notes --References --Spotlight 2Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today? --What exactly are employment -- or jobs -- strategies? --East Asia's experience with employment strategies --Are these strategies viable for emerging East Asia Pacific countries now? --Note --References --8.Well-being from Work in the Pacific Island Countries --Employment challenges of the small Pacific island countries --Five employment priorities for Pacific island countries --Conclusions --Notes --References --9.A Region at a Crossroads --What should an employment strategy set out to achieve? --Remove biases that hurt working people --Make labor regulation and social protection work for all working people --Take proactive measures to address remaining failures and capture externalities --Why should this approach to crafting employment strategies appeal to governments in East Asia Pacific?
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxvi, 259 Seiten) color illustrations
ISBN:1464800049
9781464800047
DOI:10.1596/978-1-4648-0004-7