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Empirical Evidence on Firm Growth and Jobs in Developing Countries

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dc.contributor.authorBuba, Johanne
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Alvaro
dc.contributor.authorRizvi, Anam
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-22T18:59:41Z
dc.date.available2020-12-22T18:59:41Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-18
dc.description.abstractEconomic growth does not contribute enough to job creation. As shown in Merotto, weber and Aterido (2018), a bit more than half of growth episodes contributed to reducing unemployment. A significant part of this relationship between growth and jobs is centered around firms. Firms are more likely to hire when growing. For that reason, any discussion on how to get more jobs needs to respond to questions about firm performance. This review discusses the barriers to firm growth and performance, namely limited access to finance, frictions on the labor market, lack of know-how, limited access to technology and the role of markets. It synthesizes the main lessons on firm growth from firm-level experiments that address these constraints and when possible, focuses on the impacts of these interventions on jobs. The objective is to provide evidence that can guide practitioners who seek to promote jobs in the context of private sector development programming.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/663591608534437178/Empirical-Evidence-on-Firm-Growth-and-Jobs-in-Developing-Countries
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/34958
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/34958
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJobs Working Paper
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT IMPACT
dc.subjectINTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
dc.titleEmpirical Evidence on Firm Growth and Jobs in Developing Countriesen
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okr.crossref.titleEmpirical Evidence on Firm Growth and Jobs in Developing Countries
okr.date.disclosure2020-12-21
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/663591608534437178/Empirical-Evidence-on-Firm-Growth-and-Jobs-in-Developing-Countries
okr.guid663591608534437178
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/34958
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/34958
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0881389d3_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32691118
okr.identifier.report155244
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/663591608534437178/pdf/Empirical-Evidence-on-Firm-Growth-and-Jobs-in-Developing-Countries.pdfen
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Business Environment
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.unitJOBS- CCSA - IBRD (HSPJB)
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