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Green Jobs for the Poor: Why a Public Employment Approach is Needed Now
In the context of the economic and environmental challenges that the
world is facing today, there have been calls for a Global Green New Deal (see,
for example, UNEP/ILO/IOE/ITUC, 2008). Such calls have highlighted the
employment-creation benefits of “green” investments, mainly those aimed at
accelerating the shift to low-carbon economies. Policy innovations by developing
countries, such as South Africa and India in particular, also point to the value
of keeping sight of employment-generating environmental activities that are
relevant for reclaiming or enhancing access to public environmental goods and
services, as well as for improving the productive livelihoods of the poor. This
One Pager outlines a variety of economic rationales for promoting these types of
“green jobs” and adopting a “public employment” approach in this regard.
Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager107.pdf
Posted at 12:10PM Feb 12, 2010 by IPC in Macroeconomic Policies | Comments[1]
Water Supply in Rural Ghana: Do Women Benefit?
Women’s income
poverty in developing countries is usually associated with time
poverty. The time that women spend on domestic chores represents significant
forgone income. Infrastructure provision potentially reduces women’s time
burden. The saving includes time spent on collecting, loading and purifying
water. That saving would enable women to engage in remunerated activities,
dedicate more time to pursuing education, or have a little leisure. In this One
Pager, we investigate the impact of water provision on women’s time allocation
in rural Ghana.
http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager101.pdf
Posted at 02:00AM Dec 10, 2009 by IPC in Macroeconomic Policies | Comments[0]