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| Title: | Green Jobs for the Poor: Why a Public Employment Approach is Needed Now |
| Other Titles: | Trabajos Verdes para los Pobres: ¿Por qué el Enfoque de Empleos Públicos es Necesario Ahora? Emprego Verdes para os Pobres: Porquê a Abordagem de Empregos Públicos é Necessária Agora |
| Authors: | Lieuw-Kie-Song, Maikel Lal, Radhika |
| Abstract: | 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 employment-generating environmental activities 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 the economic rationale for promoting these types of “green jobs” and for adopting a “public employment” approach in this regard. No contexto dos desafios econômicos e ambientais que o mundo enfrenta atualmente, tem havido apelos |
| metadata.dc.rights.holder: | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth United Nations Development Programme |
| metadata.dc.rights.license: | O texto e dados desta publicação podem ser reproduzidos desde que as fontes sejam citadas. Reproduções com fins comerciais são proibidas. |
| metadata.dc.type: | One Pager |
| Appears in Collections: | Publicações do IPC-IG |
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