Employment for Poverty Reduction:
Employment for Poverty Reduction Growth Component
Growth is necessary but not sufficient
“Jobless growth” and informalization.
Employment Component
Ensure that growth generates new employment opportunities
“Working poor” – the type of employment matters
Poverty Focus
Making Growth “Pro-Employment”:
Making Growth “Pro-Employment” Some challenges to employment creation in Ghana:
Infrastructure and public investment
Access to markets
Financial sector
Macroeconomic management
Labour force information
Policy coordination
Policy Coordination:
Policy Coordination
Making Employment “Pro-Poor”:
Making Employment “Pro-Poor” Priority Areas in Ghana
Agricultural employment
Informal employment
Labor-intensive formal employment
Particular Focus
Youth employment
Women’s employment
Making Employment “Pro-Poor”:
Making Employment “Pro-Poor” Better understanding of the segmented labour force in Ghana
Education & skills
Financial markets
Social norms and networks
Raising returns to labour
Labour is the productive resource the poor command in abundance
Improving poor workers’ “terms of trade” will reduce poverty (infrastructure, markets, cooperatives)
Making Employment “Pro-Poor”:
Making Employment “Pro-Poor” Designing appropriate social protections
Are informal workers covered? Are the policies appropriate?
Improved understanding of the links among household dynamics, gender, and the risk of poverty for working people.