Job-rich Growth in Asia: Strategies for Local Employment, Skills Development and Social Protection (Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED))

Jobs-rich Growth in Asia discusses some of the most pressing issues that countries in Southeast Asia are facing in regard to boosting local employment and skills development while advancing social protection strategies in emerging, fast-growing labour markets. A joint Oecd/Ilo initiative, this book analyses local approaches in Asia to modernise labour markets and skills strategies and shows how local recovery is taking place through a combination of policy measures on employment creation, skills development and social protection. Foreword......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 7 Table of contents......Page 9 Executive summary......Page 11 Asia’s macroeconomic setting and policy implications......Page 13 Building a new model in developing Asia......Page 15 New opportunities and challenges......Page 16 Key priorities for labour market policy, social protection and economic development......Page 18 This report......Page 20 Economic recovery and labour market adjustment in developing Asia......Page 23 The impact of the global financial and economic crisis and the prospects for recovery in Asia......Page 24 Resilience and vulnerabilities of labour markets......Page 27 Fiscal policy responses......Page 33 Social protection for all......Page 35 Trade integration, skills and employment......Page 39 Shaping the path to job-rich and sustained recovery and growth......Page 41 References......Page 44 Job recovery and growth: the role of government and local stakeholders......Page 47 What role do local governments and local stakeholders have in an inclusive job-rich recovery?......Page 49 Fostering the dynamics between skills and employment......Page 50 Creating jobs through enterprise and infrastructure development......Page 73 Developing social protection schemes......Page 83 References......Page 93 From national to local, from local to national: towards greater policy coherence and effectiveness......Page 97 Introduction......Page 98 Translation of national frameworks into local action plans......Page 99 Opportunities for effective local strategies......Page 100 Challenges for local strategies......Page 101 Recommendations for effective policies and strategies to achieve greater policy coherence......Page 104 References......Page 107 Consolidating a job-rich growth: strategies for local job-creation, skills development and socal protection......Page 109 Introduction......Page 110 OECD-ILO strategies for local job creation, skills development and social protection......Page 112 Note on the Authors......Page 119 pt. 1. Asia's macroeconomic setting and policy implications. Building a new model in developing Asia / by Sylvain Giguère and Aurelio Parisotto Economic recovery and labour market adjustment in developing Asia / by Aurelio Parisotto pt. 2. Job recovery and growth : the role of government and local stakeholders. What role do local governments and local stakeholders have in an inclusive job-rich recovery? / by Cristina Martinez-Fernandez ... [et al.] From national to local, from local to national : towards greater policy coherence and effectiveness / by Kees Van Der Ree Consolidating a job-rich growth : strategies for local job-creation, skills development and social protection / by Cristina Martinez-Fernandez and Kees Van Der Ree Note on the authors. This publication discusses some of the issues that countries in Southeast Asia are facing in regard to boosting local employment and skills development while advancing social protection strategies in emerging, fast-growing labor markets. A joint OECD/ILO initiative, this book analyzes local approaches in Asia to modernize labor markets and skills strategies and shows how local recovery is taking place through a combination of policy measures on employment creation, skills development and social protection.--Publisher's description