TY  - BOOK
AU  - Packard,Truman G.
AU  - Nguyen,Trang Van
TI  - East Asia Pacific at work : : employment, enterprise, and well-being 
T2  - World Bank East Asia and Pacific regional report
SN  - 1464800049 (paperback)
AV  - HD8720.5 .P33 2014
U1  - 331 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - The World Bank
KW  - Informal sector (Economics)
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - Labor
KW  - Manpower policy
KW  - Well-being
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Economic policy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 4; The Fundamentals --; Prices and exchange rates --; Public spending and taxation --; An enabling environment for enterprise? --; Are the "fundamentals" in East Asia Pacific pro-work? --; Annex 4A Supplementary data for chapter 4 --; Notes --; References --; 5; Building Human Capital --; Progress in health and education --; Supply, demand, and skills gaps --; Why do skills gaps exist and persist? --; Policy priorities and examples of success in skills development --; Notes --; References --; 6; Labor Market Regulations, Interventions, and Institutions --; Regulations --; Interventions --; Institutions: Organized labor in East Asia Pacific --; The impact of labor policy on work and earnings --; Conclusions --; Annex 6A Supplementary Tables --; Notes --; References --; Part III --; 7; Priority Policy Challenges to Well-being from Work in East Asia Pacific --; The "jobs challenges" typology --; Country categorization by level of development --; Country categorization by demographics --; Country categorization by endowments; Machine generated contents note; Part I --; 1; Introduction and Road Map --; The context for work in East Asia Pacific --; Has growth in East Asia Pacific been "jobless"? --; Road map to the report --; Note --; References --; 2; The Demand for and Supply of Labor and Human Capital --; The demand for work: A profile from firm surveys --; A profile of the labor force in East Asia Pacific: Who is working and where? --; Note --; References --; Spotlight 1; Work in the Informal Economy --; What is the informal economy? --; Why does it matter? --; How is informal employment measured? --; Informal employment in East Asia Pacific --; Notes --; References --; 3; Is Work in East Asia Pacific Transformational? Greater Productivity, Living Standards, and Social Cohesion --; Work and productivity --; Work and living standards --; Work and social cohesion --; Conclusion: Do not take the transformative role of work for granted --; Notes --; References --; Part II; Country categorization by institutional factors --; Implications for policy makers concerned about work --; Notes --; References --; Spotlight 2; Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today? --; What exactly are employment -- or jobs -- strategies? --; East Asia's experience with employment strategies --; Are these strategies viable for emerging East Asia Pacific countries now? --; Note --; References --; 8; Well-being from Work in the Pacific Island Countries --; Employment challenges of the small Pacific island countries --; Five employment priorities for Pacific island countries --; Conclusions --; Notes --; References --; 9; A Region at a Crossroads --; What should an employment strategy set out to achieve? --; Remove biases that hurt working people --; Make labor regulation and social protection work for all working people --; Take proactive measures to address remaining failures and capture externalities --; Why should this approach to crafting employment strategies appeal to governments in East Asia Pacific?
UR  - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-1-4648-0004-7
ER  -