Employment strategies and labor market policies: interlinkages with macro and sectoral policies

Amjad, Rashid (2006): Employment strategies and labor market policies: interlinkages with macro and sectoral policies. Published in: PAKISTAN: DECENT EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT No. Papers, Synthesis and Recommendations of the National Tripartite Forum on Employment and Skills (April 2006): pp. 63-92.

Abstract

This paper examines the critical linkages between macro, sectoral and labour market policies and employment in the context of Pakistan's Medium-Term Development Framework (MTDF) 2005-10 and the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP-1).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Employment; Labour Market Policies; Interlinkages with Macro amd Sectoral Policies
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F16 - Trade and Labor Market Interactions; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M5 - Personnel Economics; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor

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