Cote d'Ivoire jobs diagnostic: employment, productivity, and inclusion for poverty reduction

This report provides a multi-sectoral empirical analysis of employment challenges and opportunities to inform strategies and policy actions in Cote d'Ivoire. It aims to expand policy discussions on employment from a focus on the number of jobs and unemployment to a broader attention on the quality, productivity and inclusiveness of jobs. It makes the case for a jobs strategy with a sharper poverty lens that would focus on raising labor productivity in agriculture and informal off-farm employment to foster structural transformation, while, in parallel, pursuing longer-term goals of expanding the thin formal sector.

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The contents are as follows: Overview and executive summary; The challenge of employment quality and productive inclusion in Cote d'Ivoire / Patrick Premand and Bienvenue N. Tien; Jobs within the structural transformation: insights for Cote d'Ivoire / Luc Christiaensen and Gabriel Lawin; Maximizing agriculture's contribution to the jobs agenda / Luc Christiaensen and Gabriel Lawin; Raising productivity in nonagricultural self-employment in Cote d'Ivoire / Bienvenue N. Tien and Patrick Premand; Trends and prospects for formal job creation in Cote d'Ivoire / Sarah Hebous and Trang Thu Tran; Education, skills, and training for a competitive workforce in Cote d'Ivoire / Kebede Feda and Laura Ralston. Show less