Why is India’s economy not creating more jobs?
This week we take a closer look at the phenomena of ‘jobless growth’ in a new working paper by Anthony D’Costa. India’s Gross Domestic Product […]
Employment
Brazil: crisis-ridden, yet more equal
In recent years, Brazil has been hitting the headlines with a joint economic and political crisis of historic proportions. It included corruption scandals, presidential impeachment, […]
South Africa’s jobs crisis: doubling down on the ‘triple challenge’
The Republic of South Africa – both among Africa’s richest and most unequal economies – is facing a triple socio-economic challenge: The challenge, Morné Oosthuizen […]
What is ‘structural transformation’ and why does it matter?
Most workers in pre-industrial Europe once pursued agricultural work. Later the economy shifted to manufacturing jobs and then to the service sector. In short, economic […]
Shrinking manufacturing employment is “bad news for developing countries”
What are the implications of premature deindustrialisation? What—if anything—is so special with manufacturing? How can we make sense of recent growth episodes in the developing […]
The future of employment: back in fashion?
A range of views from across the UN, the World Bank and the IMF raise some big questions for the future of employment and its […]
