Improving Policy Coherence in South Asia
Manas Bhattacharya (Ed.)

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Jobless growth is a major concern in today’s world. Over and above, employment becomes the first casualty of financial crises that seem to occur almost in a periodic manner. How well the countries have mainstreamed employment in their macro strategies? How coherent are the macro policies that countries follow from the perspective of centrality of Decent Work in the context of investment and growth?


The volume scans the macro-economic settings of the seven countries of South Asian subregion that include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and explores how well the macro economic strategies pursued by these countries cohere with the Decent Work objectives.
The papers contributed by various authors in this volume present elaborate research based empirical information and analyses for the readers, researchers, policy makers and multilateral institutions.


The analytical import in this volume also provides a perspective on globalization. Are these countries reaping the benefits of this process? Is globalization helping in achieving the Decent Work goals? The book raises many issues and opens up wide areas of debate.

 

Contributors

Ahmad Ahsan, Lead Economist, World Bank, Washington DC, USA

 

Manas Bhattacharya, Senior Technical Specialist, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

 

Dipak Dasgupta, Lead Economist, World Bank, New Delhi, India

 

Nadeem Ul Haque, Director, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan

 

K.P. Kannan, Member, National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganized and Informal Sector, Government of India, New Delhi, India

 

Paula Kantor, Senior Research Manager, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul, Afghanistan

 

Dilli Raj Khanal, Member, UN Expert Committee on Global Economy and Chairman, Institute of Policy Research and Development, Kathmandu, Nepal

 

Ashish Narain, Economist, World Bank, New Delhi, India

 

Shyamali Ranaraja, Consultant, International Labour Organization, Colombo, Sri Lanka

 

Mohammed Ali Rashid, Professor, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

Hassan Taee, Professor, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran and former Deputy Head, Parliament Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

 


Contents in Detail

List of tables, figures, boxes and appendices

 

Preface

 

Acknowledgements


Contributors

 

Abbreviations

 

 

 

1. Policy coherence, growth, investment and
    decent work in South Asia: Some reflections
     — Manas Bhattacharya


1.1 Introduction

 

1.2 Growth and employment

 

1.3 Growth inducing policies and their
      implications for employment growth

 

1.4 Growth–Employment nexus: Decent
      work implications and coherence

 

1.5 Highlights of the following chapters

 

1.6 Conclusions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Growth, investment and decent work in Bangladesh:
      The need for a better policy mix
      — Mohammed Ali Rashid

 

2.1 Introduction

 

2.2 Economic growth, investment and decent
      employment: The status

 

2.3 Macroeconomic policy and decent
      employment

 

2.4 Labour productivity and employment

 

2.5 The quality of employment in the
      formal manufacturing sector

 

2.6 Conclusions

 

 

 

 

 


3. India: A case for strengthening policy coherence 133

— K.P. Kannan

 


3.1 Introduction

 

3.2 Growth, investment and employment

 

3.3 Growth and decent work

 

3.4 The disconnect between growth
      and decent work

 

3.5 Decent work and macroeconomic policy

 

3.6 Potential trade-offs between employment
      and other macroeconomic policy objectives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Labour markets outcomes and policy
    challenges in India

— Ahmad Ahsan,Dipak Dasgupta and Ashish Narain

 


4.1 Introduction

 

4.2 Pattern of economic growth and
      labour market

 

4.3 Productivity, wage growth and
      job quality

 

4.4 Is there a trade-off between
      productivity and employment
      growth?

 

4.5 How can government policies help?

 

4.6 Labour regulation and reforms

 

4.7 Conclusions: India’s employment challenges

 

 

 

 

 


5. Nepal: A critical assessment of experience
— Dilli Raj Khanal

 


5.1 Introduction

 

5.2 Growth performance and employment
      patterns

 

5.3 Macroeconomic policies and decent
      employment in Nepal

 

5.4 Major conclusions and policy implications

 

 

 

 

 

 


6. Pakistan: A tale of controlled market and
    weak governance

— Nadeem Ul Haque

 


6.1 Introduction

 

6.2 Pakistan’s labour market

 

6.3 Planning has not worked while
      quality of governance has declined

 

6.4 A review of Pakistan’s growth

 

6.5 Paradigm shift: The new
      development thinking

 

6.6 What is to be done?

 

6.7 Sequencing of reform and
      political economy

 

6.8 Conclusions

 

 

 

 

7. Sri Lanka: The role of strengthening
      policy coherence
— Shyamali Ranaraja

 


7.1 Background

 

7.2 Growth, investment and employment
      in Sri Lanka

 

7.3 The disconnect between economic growth
      and decent work at the national level 

 

7.4 Linking macroeconomic policy and decent
      work

 

7.5 Is decent work central to current
      economic policy?

 

7.6 Conclusions

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Afghanistan: Little space for decent work
— Paula Kantor

 


8.1 Introduction

 

8.2 Setting the scene

 

8.3 Decent work deficits in Afghanistan

 

8.4 Growth, investment and decent work
      in policy and programmes

 

8.5 Aid community role in promoting growth,
      investment and decent work 

 

8.6 Conclusions and recommendations

 

 

 

 

 


9. Iran: Decent work challenges 
— Hassan Taee

 


9.1 Introduction

 

9.2 The trend of economic growth and formation of gross fixed capital

 

9.3 Population and the labour market

 

9.4 Labour market and employment policies

 

9.5 Decent work requirements

 

9.6 Concluding remarks

 

References and selected reading

 

Index

Publisher AF Press
Publication Date 2010
Number of Pages 426
ISBN 9788171888207
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About the Book

Jobless growth is a major concern in today’s world. Over and above, employment becomes the first casualty of financial crises that seem to occur almost in a periodic manner. How well the countries have mainstreamed employment in their macro strategies? How coherent are the macro policies that countries follow from the perspective of centrality of Decent Work in the context of investment and growth?


The volume scans the macro-economic settings of the seven countries of South Asian subregion that include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and explores how well the macro economic strategies pursued by these countries cohere with the Decent Work objectives.
The papers contributed by various authors in this volume present elaborate research based empirical information and analyses for the readers, researchers, policy makers and multilateral institutions.


The analytical import in this volume also provides a perspective on globalization. Are these countries reaping the benefits of this process? Is globalization helping in achieving the Decent Work goals? The book raises many issues and opens up wide areas of debate.

 

Contributors

Ahmad Ahsan, Lead Economist, World Bank, Washington DC, USA

 

Manas Bhattacharya, Senior Technical Specialist, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

 

Dipak Dasgupta, Lead Economist, World Bank, New Delhi, India

 

Nadeem Ul Haque, Director, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, Pakistan

 

K.P. Kannan, Member, National Commission on Enterprises in the Unorganized and Informal Sector, Government of India, New Delhi, India

 

Paula Kantor, Senior Research Manager, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul, Afghanistan

 

Dilli Raj Khanal, Member, UN Expert Committee on Global Economy and Chairman, Institute of Policy Research and Development, Kathmandu, Nepal

 

Ashish Narain, Economist, World Bank, New Delhi, India

 

Shyamali Ranaraja, Consultant, International Labour Organization, Colombo, Sri Lanka

 

Mohammed Ali Rashid, Professor, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

Hassan Taee, Professor, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran and former Deputy Head, Parliament Research Center, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

 


Contents in Detail

List of tables, figures, boxes and appendices

 

Preface

 

Acknowledgements


Contributors

 

Abbreviations

 

 

 

1. Policy coherence, growth, investment and
    decent work in South Asia: Some reflections
     — Manas Bhattacharya


1.1 Introduction

 

1.2 Growth and employment

 

1.3 Growth inducing policies and their
      implications for employment growth

 

1.4 Growth–Employment nexus: Decent
      work implications and coherence

 

1.5 Highlights of the following chapters

 

1.6 Conclusions

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Growth, investment and decent work in Bangladesh:
      The need for a better policy mix
      — Mohammed Ali Rashid

 

2.1 Introduction

 

2.2 Economic growth, investment and decent
      employment: The status

 

2.3 Macroeconomic policy and decent
      employment

 

2.4 Labour productivity and employment

 

2.5 The quality of employment in the
      formal manufacturing sector

 

2.6 Conclusions

 

 

 

 

 


3. India: A case for strengthening policy coherence 133

— K.P. Kannan

 


3.1 Introduction

 

3.2 Growth, investment and employment

 

3.3 Growth and decent work

 

3.4 The disconnect between growth
      and decent work

 

3.5 Decent work and macroeconomic policy

 

3.6 Potential trade-offs between employment
      and other macroeconomic policy objectives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Labour markets outcomes and policy
    challenges in India

— Ahmad Ahsan,Dipak Dasgupta and Ashish Narain

 


4.1 Introduction

 

4.2 Pattern of economic growth and
      labour market

 

4.3 Productivity, wage growth and
      job quality

 

4.4 Is there a trade-off between
      productivity and employment
      growth?

 

4.5 How can government policies help?

 

4.6 Labour regulation and reforms

 

4.7 Conclusions: India’s employment challenges

 

 

 

 

 


5. Nepal: A critical assessment of experience
— Dilli Raj Khanal

 


5.1 Introduction

 

5.2 Growth performance and employment
      patterns

 

5.3 Macroeconomic policies and decent
      employment in Nepal

 

5.4 Major conclusions and policy implications

 

 

 

 

 

 


6. Pakistan: A tale of controlled market and
    weak governance

— Nadeem Ul Haque

 


6.1 Introduction

 

6.2 Pakistan’s labour market

 

6.3 Planning has not worked while
      quality of governance has declined

 

6.4 A review of Pakistan’s growth

 

6.5 Paradigm shift: The new
      development thinking

 

6.6 What is to be done?

 

6.7 Sequencing of reform and
      political economy

 

6.8 Conclusions

 

 

 

 

7. Sri Lanka: The role of strengthening
      policy coherence
— Shyamali Ranaraja

 


7.1 Background

 

7.2 Growth, investment and employment
      in Sri Lanka

 

7.3 The disconnect between economic growth
      and decent work at the national level 

 

7.4 Linking macroeconomic policy and decent
      work

 

7.5 Is decent work central to current
      economic policy?

 

7.6 Conclusions

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Afghanistan: Little space for decent work
— Paula Kantor

 


8.1 Introduction

 

8.2 Setting the scene

 

8.3 Decent work deficits in Afghanistan

 

8.4 Growth, investment and decent work
      in policy and programmes

 

8.5 Aid community role in promoting growth,
      investment and decent work 

 

8.6 Conclusions and recommendations

 

 

 

 

 


9. Iran: Decent work challenges 
— Hassan Taee

 


9.1 Introduction

 

9.2 The trend of economic growth and formation of gross fixed capital

 

9.3 Population and the labour market

 

9.4 Labour market and employment policies

 

9.5 Decent work requirements

 

9.6 Concluding remarks

 

References and selected reading

 

Index

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