Making Work Pay in Bangladesh: Employment, Growth, and Poverty Reduction (Directions in Development) by Pierella Paci

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Poor people derive most of their income from work; however, there is insufficient understanding of the role of employment and earnings as a linkage between growth and poverty reduction, especially in low income countries. To provide inputs into the policy discussion on how to enhance poverty reduction through increased employment and earnings for given growth levels, this study explores this linkage in the case of Bangladesh. The study provides a background discussion of poverty, reform, and show more growth in Bangladesh, followed by an overview of the labor market: demographies, the institutional stru show less