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Zusatztext Schreckliche Dinge geschehen im Krankenhaus einer Kleinstadt im amerikanischenMittelwesten. Als die Atomphysikerin Susan Thornton nach wochenlangem Komawieder zu Bewußtsein kommt! gerät sie in einen Alptraum! aus dem es keinEntrinnen zu geben scheint. Die Toten leben! die Lebenden sind tot... Informationen zum Autor Jomo K. S. is Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development based in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations Secretariat. José Antonio Ocampo was United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs from September 2003 until June 2007. He is currently a Professor at Columbia University. >José Antonio Ocampo was United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs from September 2003 until June 2007. He is currently a Professor at Columbia University. Klappentext While the international community has made a commitment to achieving full employment, this goal seems ever more distant in view of recent trends such as growing unemployment, underemployment and the phenomenon of jobless growth. This book also breaks new ground in seeking fresh solutions. Employment creation is the key link in ensuring that economic growth contributes to poverty reduction, with management of technological change playing a crucial role. While the recent trend towards greater labor flexibility seems irresistible, recent experience suggests some options for also ensuring decent work and economic security. Alternative macroeconomic policy priorities can also make a difference. New approaches to social security, the informal economy, the welfare state and rural employment in Africa are explored. Zusammenfassung Looks at the fundamental importance of employment for development. This book states that employment creation is the key link in ensuring that economic growth contributes to poverty reduction. It also explores different approaches to social security! the informal economy! the welfare state and rural employment in Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Technology and Employment in an Open Underdeveloped Economy - Prabhat Patnaik 2. Growth! Employment and Poverty: An Analysis of the Vital Nexus Based on Some Recent UNDP and ILO/SIDA Studies - Azizur Rahman Khan 3. Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work - Gerry Rodgers 4. Employment and Decent Work in the Era of Flexicurity - Robert Boyer 5. Central Banks As Agents of Employment Creation - Gerald Epstein 6. Financial Openness and Employment: The Need for Coherent International and National Policies - Rolph van der Hoeven and Malte Lubker 7. Rethinking the Informal Economy: Linkages with the Formal Economy and the Formal Regulatory Environment - Martha Alter Chen 8. Modernizing the Informal Economy - Victor Tokman 9. Changing the paradigm in social security: From fiscal burden to investing in people - Michael Cichon! Krzysztof Hagemejer and John Woodall 10. Transforming the Developmental Welfare States in East Asia - Huck-Ju Kwon 11. Generating Rural Employment in Africa to Fight Poverty - Janvier Desire Nkurunziza 12. On the Need for Providing Employment Guarantee - Prabhat Patnaik 13. Macroeconomic policy and employment generation - Michael Piore 14. Generating Employment - Anis Ahmad Dani 15. Macroeconomic Policy and Employment Generation: Gender Dimensions - Diane Elson 16. Protecting Workers! Creating Jobs: Rethinking Social Protection in Developing Countries - Carmen Pages CONTRIBUTOR AFFILIATIONS PRABHAT PATNAIK: Professor! Centre for Economic Studies & Planning! Jawaharlal Nehru University! New Delhi AZIZUR RAHMAN KHAN: Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs! Columbia University. GERRY RODGERS: Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies! Geneva. ROBERT BOYER: Professor of Economics! Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales! Paris. GERALD EPST...
