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  • Labor Policy to Promote Good Jobs in Tunisia

    Revisiting Labor Regulation, Social Security, and Active Labor Market Programs

    by Anne Hilger, Arvo Kuddo, Jan Rutkowski ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
    Unlocking Tunisia's Job Potential: A Call for Labor Market ReformTunisia faces significant labor market challenges, including high unemployment and a lack of quality jobs. Labor Policy to Promote Good Jobs in Tunisia offers a comprehensive analysis of these issues and proposes concrete policy recommendations for fostering inclusive economic growth.This report, written by leading experts, explores ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension Schemes in a Changing Pension World

    Volume 1, Progress, Lessons, and Implementation

    Edited by Robert Holzmann, Edward Palmer, David Robalino ...
    Nonfinancial Defined Contribution (NDC) schemes are now in their teens. The new pension concept was born in the early 1990s, implemented from the mid-1990s in Italy, Latvia, Poland and Sweden, legislated most recently in Norway and Egypt and serves as inspiration for other reform countries. This innovative unfunded individual account scheme created high hopes at a time when the world seemed to ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Nonfinancial Defined Contribution Pension Schemes in a Changing Pension World

    Volume 2, Gender, Politics, and Financial Stability

    Edited by Robert Holzmann, Edward Palmer, David Robalino ...
    Nonfinancial Defined Contribution (NDC) schemes are now in their teens. The new pension concept was born in the early 1990s, implemented from the mid-1990s in Italy, Latvia, Poland and Sweden, legislated most recently in Norway and Egypt and serves as inspiration for other reform countries. This innovative unfunded individual account scheme created high hopes at a time when the world seemed to ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The Right Skills for the Job?: Rethinking Training Policies for Workers

    Edited by Rita Almeida, Jere Behrman, David Robalino ...
    Creating jobs and increasing productivity are at the top of agenda for policymakers across the world. Knowledge accumulation and skills are recognized as central in this process. More-educated workers not only have better employment opportunities, earn more, and have more stable and rewarding jobs, but also they are more adaptable and mobile. Workers who acquire more skills also make other workers ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Protecting All

    Risk Sharing for a Diverse and Diversifying World of Work

    by Truman Packard, Ugo Gentilini, Margaret Grosh, O’Keefe, David Robalino, Indhira Santos ...
    Series series Human Development Perspectives
    "Socially inclusive growth is the talk of the town in developing countries. But to go from talk to walk these countries face a critical task: reconstructing their welfare states given the failures of the standard Bismarckian model and the challenges posed by rapid technological change. This book—known to many as the White Paper—is indispensable for tackling this task. It develops a clear ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Protecting All

    Risk Sharing for a Diverse and Diversifying World of Work

    by Truman Packard, Ugo Gentilini, Margaret Grosh, Philip O'Keefe, Robert Palacios, David Robalino, Indhira Santos ...
    Series series Human Development Perspectives
    "Socially inclusive growth is the talk of the town in developing countries. But to go from talk to walk these countries face a critical task: reconstructing their welfare states given the failures of the standard Bismarckian model and the challenges posed by rapid technological change. This book—known to many as the White Paper—is indispensable for tackling this task. It develops a clear ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Right to Reality: Incentives, Labor Markets, and the Challenge of Universal Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean

    by Helena Ribe, David Robalino, Ian Walker ...
    This study highlights the interaction between social protection (SP) programs and labor markets in the Latin America region. It presents new evidence on the limited coverage of existing programs and emphasizes the challenges caused by high informality for achieving universal social protection for old age income, health, unemployment risks and anti-poverty safety nets. It identifies interaction ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America and the Caribbean

    From Right to Reality

    by Helena Ribe, David A. Robalino, Ian Walker ...
    Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
    This study highlights the interaction between social protection programs and labor markets in the Latin America region. It presents new evidence on the limited coverage of existing programs and emphasizes the challenges caused by high informality for achieving universal social protection for old age income, for health, for unemployment risks and for anti poverty safety nets. It identifies ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Welfare State Revisited

    Edited by José Antonio Ocampo, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
    The welfare state has been under attack for decades, but now more than ever there is a need for strong social protection systems—the best tools we have to combat inequality, support social justice, and even improve economic performance. In this book, José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz bring together distinguished contributors to examine the global variations of social programs and make the ... Read more

    $90.99 CAD

  • Development Cooperation in Times of Crisis

    Edited by José Antonio Alonso, José Antonio Ocampo ...
    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
    Leading governments undertook extraordinary measures to offset the 2008 economic crisis, shoring up financial institutions, stimulating demand to reverse recession, and rebalancing budgets to alleviate sovereign debt. While productive in and of themselves, these solutions were effective because they were coordinated internationally and were matched with sweeping global financial reforms. ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Hispanic Entrepreneurs in the 2000s

    An Economic Profile and Policy Implications

    by Alberto Dávila, Marie T. Mora ...
    Hispanics account for more than half the population growth in the United States over the last decade. With this surge has come a dramatic spike in the number of Hispanic-owned businesses. Hispanic Entrepreneurs in the 2000s is a pioneering study of this nascent demographic. Drawing on rich quantitative data, authors Alberto Dávila and Marie T. Mora examine key economic issues facing Hispanic ... Read more

    $90.99 CAD

  • Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance

    Market-Friendly Roles for the Visible Hand?

    by Augusto de la Torre, Juan Carlos Gozzi, Sergio L. Schmukler ...
    Series series Latin American Development Forum
    Interest in access to finance and awareness of its importance have increased significantly since the early 2000s. Growing evidence suggests that lack of access to credit prevents many households and firms from financing high-return investment projects, which has an adverse effect on growth and poverty alleviation. Despite the increasing awareness of the importance of access to finance among both ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD