East Asia Pacific at work : employment, enterprise, and well-being / Truman G., Packard ; Trang Van Nguyen.

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: Part I -- 1. Introduction and Road Map -- The context for work in East Asia Pacific -- Has growth in East Asia Pacific been "jobless"? -- Road map to the report -- Note -- References -- 2. The Demand for and Supply of Labor and Human Capital -- The demand for work: A profile from firm surveys -- A profile of the labor force in East Asia Pacific: Who is working and where? -- Note --References -- Spotlight 1 Work in the Informal Economy -- What is the informal economy? -- Why does it matter? -- How is informal employment measured? -- Informal employment in East Asia Pacific -- Notes -- References -- 3. Is Work in East Asia Pacific Transformational? Greater Productivity, Living Standards, and Social Cohesion -- Work and productivity -- Work and living standards -- Work and social cohesion -- Conclusion: Do not take the transformative role of work for granted -- Notes -- References -- Part II 4. The Fundamentals -- Prices and exchange rates -- Public spending and taxation -- An enabling environment for enterprise? -- Are the "fundamentals" in East Asia Pacific pro-work? -- Annex 4A Supplementary data for chapter 4 -- Notes -- References -- 5. Building Human Capital -- Progress in health and education -- Supply, demand, and skills gaps -- Why do skills gaps exist and persist? -- Policy priorities and examples of success in skills development -- Notes -- References -- 6. Labor Market Regulations, Interventions, and Institutions -- Regulations -- Interventions -- Institutions: Organized labor in East Asia Pacific -- The impact of labor policy on work and earnings -- Conclusions -- Annex 6A Supplementary Tables -- Notes -- References -- Part III -- 7. Priority Policy Challenges to Well-being from Work in East Asia Pacific -- The "jobs challenges" typology --Country categorization by level of development -- Country categorization by demographics -- Country categorization by endowments Country categorization by institutional factors -- Implications for policy makers concerned about work -- Notes -- References -- Spotlight 2 Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today? -- What exactly are employment -- or jobs -- strategies? -- East Asia's experience with employment strategies -- Are these strategies viable for emerging East Asia Pacific countries now? -- Note -- References -- 8. Well-being from Work in the Pacific Island Countries --Employment challenges of the small Pacific island countries -- Five employment priorities for Pacific island countries -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 9. A Region at a Crossroads -- What should an employment strategy set out to achieve? -- Remove biases that hurt working people -- Make labor regulation and social protection work for all working people -- Take proactive measures to address remaining failures and capture externalities -- Why should this approach to crafting employment strategies appeal to governments in East Asia Pacific?.