Employment for poverty reduction and food security / edited by Joachim Von Braun.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Washington, D.C. : International Food Policy Research Institute, 1995. Description: xvi, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN: 0896293327; 9780896293328Subject(s): Poor -- Employment -- Government policy -- Developing countries | Full employment policies -- Developing countries | Nutrition policy -- Developing countries | Poor -- Nutrition -- Developing countries | Economic assistance, Domestic -- Developing countries | Food relief -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 362.58091724 LOC classification: HD5852 | .E568 1995Online resources: WorldCat details Summary: Summary:
""Rapid expansion of employment in low-income countries is one of the biggest challenges of development. The growth in labor supply in developing countries will remain large for a long time to come. Incomes of the poor in rural areas will depend more and more on productive off-farm work, and in the rapidly expanding urban areas, food security will depend largely on jobs and wage rates""--P. xiii
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Employment for poverty reduction and food security.
Washington, D.C. : International Food Policy Research Institute, 1995
(OCoLC)654193143
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
""Rapid expansion of employment in low-income countries is one of the biggest challenges of development. The growth in labor supply in developing countries will remain large for a long time to come. Incomes of the poor in rural areas will depend more and more on productive off-farm work, and in the rapidly expanding urban areas, food security will depend largely on jobs and wage rates""--P. xiii
Economics
Sagar Shahanawaz
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