Join the networkKunal Sen presents on the good job challenge at IER-Hitotsubashi
On 1 June 2023, UNU-WIDER Director Kunal Sen attends IER-Hitotsubashi University to present in the Economic Development Workshop in the Center for Economic Institutions.
This presentation draws on the Open Access UNU-WIDER book, The Job Ladder, outlining the challenges that developing countries are facing in creating good jobs, and discusses key policy options that could create productive employment for unskilled and semi-skilled workers.
Around 80% of the workforce in Africa and South Asia is engaged in precarious and poorly paid employment in the informal sector. What are the prospects of good jobs for millions of workers in the informal sectors of the Global South? Kunal Sen outlines the challenges that Global South countries are facing in creating good jobs, and discusses key policy options that could create productive employment for unskilled and semi-skilled workers.