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Jobs as Catalysts: Transforming Lives and Developing Nations

This report highlights the importance of jobs in driving development and reducing poverty, while addressing the challenges and policy implications. It also explores the global trend of job migration and the need for multi-layered policies. Join the conversation on creating good jobs for development through the Jobs Knowledge Platform.

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Jobs as Catalysts: Transforming Lives and Developing Nations

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  1. Moving jobs to center stage

  2. Main messages World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  3. Jobs challenges are huge The jobs challenge World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  4. A job does not always come with a wage The jobs challenge World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  5. South Asia, Africa, and East Asia and the Pacific face significant youth bulges Alarming levels of youthidleness and unemployment Source: WDR 2013 team based on ILO data Source: WDR 2013 team The jobs challenge World Development Report 2013 The World Bank 5

  6. I. Jobs are transformational Part I World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  7. Jobs get better with development Jobs are transformational World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  8. Jobs drive development Jobs are transformational World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

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

  10. Jobs take households out of poverty Source: Inchauste and others 2012 for the WDR 2013 Jobs and living standards 10

  11. Jobs account for much of the decline in extreme poverty Source: Inchauste and others 2012 for the WDR 2013, Azevedo and others 2012 for the WDR 2013 Jobs and living standards 11

  12. Job creation and destruction happen everywhere Source: WDR 2013 team based on Bartelsman, Haltiwanger, and Scarpetta (2009), and Shiferaw and Bedi(2010). Jobs and productivity World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  13. The employment share of microenterprises is greater in developing countries Jobs and productivity 13

  14. Jobs are correlated with civic engagement Active membership and lack of a Job Active membership and motivating Job Source: Wietzke and McLeod 2012 for the WDR 2013 Jobs and social cohesion 14

  15. Jobs influence collective decision-making processes Jobs and social cohesion 15

  16. What are • good jobs for development? Part II World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  17. Individual and social valuations of jobs often differ Valuing jobs 17

  18. Some jobs do more for development Valuing jobs World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  19. A typology of jobs challenges Diverse jobs agendas 19

  20. Agendas connected by the migration of workers Source: WDR 2013 team based on Özden and others (2011). Connected jobs agendas World Development Report 2013 The World Bank 20

  21. Agendas connected by the migration of jobs • Where will China’s jobs in light manufacturing go as labor costs increase? • Manufacturing jobs have migrated – are services next? Source: WDR 2013 team based on data from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Connected jobs agendas World Development Report 2013 The World Bank 21

  22. III. Policies through the jobs lens World Development Report 2013 The World Bank Part III

  23. Three distinct layers of policies are needed Policies through the jobs lens World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  24. Beyond labor policies 24

  25. 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? Beyond labor policies World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  26. Key policy questions addressed through the Report But the 1st question is: what is a job? And the answer is not trivial The difficult questions World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  27. What is a job? The jobs challenge World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

  28. To download the World Development Report 2013: Jobs, its background papers, databases and explanatory videos, visit: http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2013 To continue the dialogue on what it takes to create good jobs for development join the interactive Jobs Knowledge Platform at: www.jobsknowledge.org Follow up World Development Report 2013 The World Bank

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