middle class overall, men and women will report a lack of education and appropriate skills as barriers to both employment and … environment for entrepreneurs, is a key requisite for improving living standards, wellbeing, and the reduction of unemployment and …

employment protection legislation - a strong barrier to labor mobility and job creation - was removed in the year 2000, replaced … among the lowest in the region - with large unemployment levels. Data emphasizes this point, showing a large informal sector …, representing thirty six percent of total employment, and, the study presents evidence of under-reported wages to avoid, or minimize …

recovery and political stabilization in the last decade, insufficient employment has been created, leading to high unemployment …Unemployment, especially youth unemployment, is a serious problem for the Republic of Congo. Despite the economic … institutional environment that is not fully supportive of employment creation. Action needs to be taken now to promote inclusive …

, and low-paid. Widespread informality means that the poor neither benefit from the minimum wage policy nor from employment …-paid laborers. The reduction of in-work poverty hinges on removing constraints to gainful employment in both supply side (better …

more labor during downturns. Third, aggregate employment dynamics vary across the Tequila crisis and the later 2001 … slowdown, suggesting that not only the composition of employment, but the nature of the shocks is important to understanding …

a long-term Vulnerability and Shock Monitoring and Response System (VSMRS). The CMRS covered the whole country, which …