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Zambia Jobs Diagnostic: Analytics

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dc.contributor.authorMerotto, Dino
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-08T15:23:38Z
dc.date.available2017-06-08T15:23:38Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractOne of the world’s most youthful countries, Zambia’s economy has been booming since the early 2000s on the back of record high copper prices and private sector investment response to the better business environment. But poverty rose from 2010 to 2015 and remains very high in rural areas. Economic transformation is underway with workers moving to off-farm jobs, but these are heavily skewed in the capital Lusaka and in the Copperbelt, are mostly informal, and aside from jobs on the commercial farms, good waged are inaccessible to large groups of rural Zambians, especially women and youth. As labor has started moving out of agriculture into industry and especially into services, productivity and hours worked have fallen on average, especially for young people and those with low levels of education. Better educated people in the upper income quintiles are gaining most from rapid growth in Zambia, with the public sector hiring a substantial share of better educated Zambians and paying them more for a given level of education. The majority of Zambia’s rising number of poor people are stuck in low productivity agriculture. This report identifies the main jobs challenges facing Zambia and recommends policies and programs that could reduce poverty and make growth more inclusive by generating more and better jobs for Zambia.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/277791496907975315/Zambia-Jobs-diagnostic
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/27008
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27008
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectTRANSFORMATION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectFIRM DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.titleZambia Jobs Diagnosticen
dc.title.subtitleAnalyticsen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeRapportfr
dc.typeInformees
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okr.crossref.titleZambia Jobs Diagnostic
okr.date.disclosure2017-06-08
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::General Economy, Macroeconomics, and Growth Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/277791496907975315/Zambia-Jobs-diagnostic
okr.guid277791496907975315
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/27008
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b084c5e9c5_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27563117
okr.identifier.report115810
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/277791496907975315/pdf/115810-7-6-2017-15-54-3-ZambiaJDWEB.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryZambia
okr.themeSocial protection and risk management :: Improving labor markets
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Private Sector Economics
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unitJOBS- CCSA - IBRD (GPSJB)
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