Eschborn/Frankfurt, Germany
About the Workshop
This workshop was the culmination of a series of studies, capacity building events, and country level activities in Africa on labor markets issues over the last two and a half years funded by the German government.The main objective of this workshop was to Provide a venue for policy makers and other stakeholders from all African countries to discuss labor markets issues in the context of shared growth process.
Agenda  |  | Monday, November 27 | 9:00-9:45 | Welcome Erich Stather, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Cornelia Richter, Director General, Planning and Development Department, GTZ Robert Holzmann, Sector Director, Social Protection and Labor, World Bank | 9:45-11:00 | Shared Growth & the Role of the Labor Market   "Policies for Growth Performance in Africa: Past, Present and Future" (153kb pdf) by Augustin Kwasi Fosu
 Work in Progress: Job Creation and the Quality of Growth in Africa" (165kb pdf) by Louise Fox. Also available in French (166kb pdf). | 11:30-12:30 | Labor Supply: The African Workforce  "Unequal Prospects: Disparities in the Quantity and Quality of Labour Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa" (98kb pdf) by John Sender. Also available in French (101kb pdf).  "Reform of the Ethiopian TVET System – Towards a Suitably Skilled Work Force" (340kb pdf) by Dessalegn Mulaw and Julia Schmidt. | 14:00-15:30 | Labor Demand and Investment Climate  "What Africa Needs to Do to Spur Growth and Create More Well-paid Jobs" (93kb pdf) by Francis Teal. Also available in French (101kb pdf). | 16:00-17:30 | Parallel Sessions Regional Migration in Africa  "Regional Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa" (440kb pdf) by Guy Blaise Nkamleu. Also available in French (444kb pdf). Promising Policies for Reducing Child Labor  "Policy Options for Achieving Sustainable Reductions in Children at Work" (2.2mb pdf) by Furio Rosati. Also available in French (2.2mb pdf). Improving Labor Market Data Collection & Analysis  "Labor Market Surveys: What Do We Want to Measure and How?" (32kb pdf) by Louise Fox | |  | | |  Tuesday, November 28 | 9:00-10:30 | Core Labor Standards and Labor Market Institutions in Africa  "Labor Institutions, Labor-Management Relations, and Social Dialogue in Africa" (37kb pdf) by Philippe Alby, Jean-Paul Azam and Sandrine Rospabé. Also available in French (37kb pdf).  "A Rights-based Approach to Poverty Reduction" (42kb pdf) by Zafar Shaheed | 11:00-12:30 | Skills Development and Youth Employment Challenges in Africa  "Addressing the Youth Employment Challenge with TVET" (129kb pdf) by Arvil van Adams. Also available in French (37kb pdf). | 14:00-16:00 | Employment Issues in PRSPs & Country Case Studies from Burkina Faso and Ethiopia  "Poverty Reduction Strategies: Translating Research into Policies and Strategies: The ILO Experience" (33kb pdf) by Claude Kwaku Akpokavie  "Employment Issues in Plan for Accelerated and Sustainable Development to Eradicate Poverty (PASDEP): Overview of the Urban Labor Market Study in Ethiopia" (228kb pdf) by Tameru Jeba  "How Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers Deal with Employment?" (155kb pdf) by Frank Tibitanzl  "La Reglementation du Travail et la Strategie de Lutte Contre la Pauvrete: L’Experience du Burkina Faso" (81kb pdf) by Leontine Zombre | 16:30-18:00 | Closing Panel: Policies & Strategies to Stimulate Good jobs in Africa
Moderator: Robert Holzmann, WB
Panelists: Peter Conze, Director General, Africa Department, GTZ
John Page, Chief Economist, WB
Zafar Shaheed, Director, Program on Promoting the Declaration, ILO
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Panelists discuss the policies and strategies to stimulate good jobs in Africa. |
 Background Materials Policy Notes  Improving the Labor Supply of the Poorest Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa (148kb pdf). Also available in French (149kb pdf).
Policy Note 1, November 2006  What Africa needs to do to spur growth and create more well-paid jobs (203kb pdf). Also available in French (149kb pdf).
Policy Note 2, November 2006  Labor institutions, labor-management relations, and social dialogue in Africa (180kb pdf). Also available in French (185kb pdf).
Policy Note 3, November 2006 Papers  Labor Institutions, Labor-Management Relations, and Social Dialogue in Africa (595kb pdf). Also available in French (626kb pdf).
by Philippe Alby, Jean-Paul Azam and Sandrine Rospabé,October 2005  Taking Stock of Research on Internal Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa - DRAFT (224kb pdf).
by Guy Blaise Nkamleu, November 2006  Unequal Prospects: Disparities in the Quantity and Quality of Labor Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa (623kb pdf).
byJohn Sender,January 2005  What Africa Needs to do to Spur Growth and Create More Well-paid Jobs (575kb pdf).
by Geeta Kingdon, Justin Sandefur, Francis Teal, Marcel Fafchamps and Måns Söderbom, November 2006  Work in Progress: Job Creation and the Quality of Growth in Africa (576kb pdf). Also available in French (179kb pdf).
by Louise Fox and Melissa Sekkel, November 2006 
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