This report focuses on the determinants of the labor market situation of young people in devel-oped countries and the developing world, with a special emphasis on the role of vocational training and education policies. We highlight the role of demographic factors, economic growth and labor...

In Africa, most development strategies include efforts to improve the productivity of staple crops grown on smallholder farms. An underlying premise is that small farms are productive in the African context and that smallholders do not forgo economies of scale -- a premise supported by the often...

This study shows how jobs are perceived in Egypt by exploring beyond earnings, health benefits, and pension plans that characterize a ???good job??? to focus on the features that increase living standards, productivity growth, and social cohesion. In both urban Cairo and rural Fayoum, men are...

The remit of this paper is to examine the link from jobs to social cohesion, focusing particularly on what kinds of jobs are most likely to improve social cohesion, and how policymakers can support those impacts. The paper suggests several qualitative mechanisms for a causal impact from...

This paper presents descriptive evidence illustrating possible linkages between labor market outcomes and social cohesion. Uneven access to good jobs can undermine social stability in countries undergoing rapid social and economic transformations, and once a country passes the threshold from low...

This paper uses selected case studies to illustrate some of the complex relationships that link employment and social cohesion. For example, despite harsh working conditions, retail garment manufacturing contributed to the transformation of gender relationship in Bangladesh by giving women the...

This paper reviews the sociological and related literatures to provide insights regarding social cohesion, including its unpredictability. Apparently some cohesive societies have erupted in violent conflict, and the public systems that one would expect to manage these potential conflicts have at...