Employment Policy In A Developing Country

First published in 1974, Employment Policies in Developing Countries is an attempt to take stock of experience that has been acquired in a number of developing countries in matters relating to employment promotion. It begins with a discussion of the nature of the employment objective, its role in the development process and with some attempt to quantify the dimensions of the problem. In Part Two employment promotion measures are examined in relation to each of the major economic sectors, while Part Three is concerned with vocational training, migration, and demographic policies. Finally, some suggestions are made as to how developing countries might define employment goals and formulate programmes for their attainment. This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of economics, labour economics and public policy.

This important study shifts the focus of scholarly and policy debates around the role of labour law away from the North to those of the global South.

Provides a relatively nontechnical survey of employment-related issues and problems in less developed countries.

Examines the relationship between growth, employment and poverty and identifies situations where high economic growth may fail to bring about a commensurate rate of poverty reduction. Explores eight employment-related interventions for achieving poverty reduction and analyses employment policies for poverty reduction based on the experiences of different regions.

Conference report on employment policies in developing countries, illustrated by a case study of the constraints on employment creation in India - examines underemployment of rural workers, capital worker ratios, inflation, balance of payments as obstacles to the expansion of employment opportunity; discusses the impact of capital intensive industrialization and agricultural development on poverty, economic planning objectives, etc. References and statistical tables. Conference held in Puna 1983?