03091cam a22003734a 4500001000400000003001500004005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070020002600111020001800137024002600155035002400181100002300205245009900228260004600327300003000373520185200403588004702255650003302302650004502335650002302380650003702403650001802440650001902458650003902477650002402516650003302540700002302573776003402596830002602630856006102656721The World Bank20260707185057.0m        d        cr cn|||||||||020129s1995    dcu     o    i001 0 eng    a0821333437c14.99 USD  z97808213334338 a10.1596/0-8213-3343-7  a(The World Bank)7211 aLindauer, David L.10aLabor and the growth crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa.h[electronic resource] :cDavid L. Lindauer  aWashington, D.C. :bThe World Bank,c1995  a1 online resource (40 p.)  aThe report "World Development Report 1995: workers in an integrating world" looks at what is required to improve labor outcomes in low- and middle-income economies. It identifies four areas in need of policy reform: 1) development strategy; 2) international integration; 3) labor market interventions; and 4) transformation to greater market orientation. This report considers the relevance of these policy areas to sub-Saharan African circumstances. Three key messages emerge: 1) a market-based approach to development, by expanding markets and encouraging more productive investments, will be a labor-demanding strategy in Africa as it has been elsewhere and is key to improving labor outcomes; 2) sub-Saharan Africa has become increasingly marginalized in the world economy. It is in the interest of Africa's labor force that this trend be reversed and that the region increase its integration with and participation in global markets; 3) Domestic labor market policies, especially those governing workers in the public sector, need to be redesigned to encourage more efficient use of labor and nonlabor resources. Required are policies that better reflect the labor market conditions in individual economies. This report begins with a review of labor market outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. It then analyzes what is required to realize more rapid economic growth through the increased accumulation and productivity of physical and human capital. It examines Africa's role in the world economy and why greater integration is essential to the region. It discusses the role of labor policies directed at both private and public employers and considers how sub-Saharan African workers are affected by the transition from closed to more open development strategies. It concludes with a brief review of the prospects for Africa's growing labor force.  aDescription based on print version record. 4aEconomic Theory and Research 4aFinance and Financial Sector Development 4aFinancial Literacy 4aHealth, Nutrition and Population 4aLabor Markets 4aLabor Policies 4aMacroeconomics and Economic Growth 4aPopulation Policies 4aSocial Protections and Labor1 aLindauer, David L.08aPrint Version:z9780821333433 0aWorld Bank e-Library.40uhttp://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821333433