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Employment, Economic Development, and Poverty Reduction

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Economic development that improves employment opportunities is more egalitarian than growth regimes in which the quality of employment stagnates, or deteriorates, over time. Moreover, unequal access to decent work and persistent labour market inequalities frustrate efforts to reduce poverty. Employment opportunities generated in the course of economic development depend on the current structure of the economy, and how that structure changes over time. However, economic structures are diverse and the nature of structural change, or the absence of such change, creates distinct employment patterns with important implications for social and economic well-being.

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  1. University of Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone

    Yusuf Bangura (Senior Research Associate) (Senior Research Associate)

  2. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Switzerland

    Yusuf Bangura (Senior Research Associate) (Senior Research Associate)

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Heintz, J. (2015). Employment, Economic Development, and Poverty Reduction. In: Bangura, Y. (eds) Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137482549_2

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