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Working Today for a Better Tomorrow in Ethiopia: Jobs for Poor and Vulnerable Households

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dc.contributor.editorChapman, Emily Weedon
dc.contributor.editorVinez, Margaux
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-21T20:42:32Z
dc.date.available2023-12-21T20:42:32Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-21
dc.description.abstractEthiopia has long prioritized creating more and better jobs as core to its sustainable and inclusive development. However, steady growth in the gross domestic product and gains in agricultural productivity in recent decades have not translated into better opportunities nor increased earnings for much of the population. The 2021 Labor Force Survey data reveal labor trends since 1999 and underscore these realities. Moreover, COVID-19 and other shocks have reinforced the disconnect between positive macroeconomic trends at national level and stagnant incomes at the household level. "Working Today for a Better Tomorrow in Ethiopia: Jobs for Poor and Vulnerable Households" outlines how Ethiopia can leverage its social safety net programs to help poor and vulnerable workers earn more in today’s labor market. The government’s latest development planning policies focus on private sector growth and structural transformation to create more and better jobs. While these long-term reforms take hold, the jobs agenda also must include near-term measures to improve worker productivity in and connect people to jobs that already exist. Complementing cash transfers with capital, training, and other services can help workers earn more in their current work, diversify into new types of employment, or connect to available wage jobs. These investments can have an immediate impact for poor people in Ethiopia while also contributing to sustainable and inclusive development.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-2020-5
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-2020-5
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4648-2020-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40801
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Development in Focus
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE SAFETY NET PROGRAM
dc.subjectSELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETY NET
dc.subjectWAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.titleWorking Today for a Better Tomorrow in Ethiopiaen
dc.title.subtitleJobs for Poor and Vulnerable Householdsen
dc.typeBook
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleWorking Today for a Better Tomorrow in Ethiopia: Jobs for Poor and Vulnerable Households
okr.date.disclosure2023-12-21
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-07T08:20:36.299709Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-08T16:09:37.041781Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-09T02:57:30.293932Z
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T11:13:40.786959Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/978-1-4648-2020-5
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitHMNSP; HAWS2
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