1st Edition
Losing Ground in the Employment Challenge The Case of Paraguay
By Albert Berry
Copyright 2010
353 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
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Most developing countries face significant and sometimes dramatic challenges in generating stable jobs that provide reasonable incomes and decent working conditions. For developing countries that have undergone lengthy periods of economic stagnation, these challenges are especially acute, and popular dissatisfaction correspondingly marked. Paraguay is a case in point. It is unlikely that any... Read more
IllustrationsList of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction -Albert Berry1 Elements of an Employment Strategy for Paraguay -Albert Berry2 Labor Market Functioning in Paraguay -Guillermo Garcia-Huidobro3 The Role of Agriculture -Albert Berry4 Farm Size-Productivity Relationships in Paraguay's Agricultural Sector -Ricardo Toledo5 Potential and Future of Paraguayan Family Farming -Luis A. Galeano6 Industry and MSMEs in Paraguay: Their Potential for the Creation of Remunerative Employment -Albert Berry7 Patterns of Productivity Enhancement in Small and Medium Enterprises: Higher-Order Upgrading -Nichola Lowe8 Growth and Technological Modernization -Jorge Katz, Melissa Birch, and Nimia Torres9 The Challenge to the Educational and Training System in Paraguay -Ernesto Schiefelbein10 Macroeconomic Policy -Albert Berry and Dionisio Borda11 The Role of International Trade in Growth and Employment Generation in Paraguay -Fernando Masi and Francisco Ruiz Diaz12 Paraguay's Financial System and Employment Creation -Albert Berry with Jorge Schreiner13 Political Economy of Policymaking in Paraguay -Andrew Nickson14 Recent Reforms: Results and Challenges -Dionisio Borda15 Recommendations -Albert BerryIndex
Biography
Albert Berry
