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Assessing green jobs potential in developing countries [electronic resource] : a practitioner's guide / Andrew Jarvis, Adarsh Varma and Justin Ram.
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9789221245728
Title:
Assessing green jobs potential in developing countries [electronic resource] : a practitioner's guide / Andrew Jarvis, Adarsh Varma and Justin Ram.
Author:
Jarvis, Andrew.
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Geneva : International Labour Office, 2011.
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1 online resource (123 pages) : illustrations
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Figure T4.1 Key steps for estimating multiplier effects.
Contents:
Title page; Copyright page; Foreword; Contents; Tables; Table 2.1 Methods to estimate the size of the informal economy; Table 2.2 Informal economy employment as a percentage of the non-agricultural workforce, by region, 1985-1999; Table 2.3 Simplified example of an input-output (I-O) table; Table 2.4 Estimating environment-related jobs: Pros and cons of business surveys and input-output modelling; Table 2.5 Definitions of Type II output, income and employment multipliers and effects.

Table 3.1 Examples of typical economic, environmental and social issues with linkages to green growth revealed by a strategic scanTable T1.1 Template for the basic economic profile, by sector; Table T1.2 Example of the mapping of formal and informal employment by sector, worker distribution and GDP share by industry: The case of Bangladesh; Table T2.1 Examples of relevant data and information for sector profiles; Table T3.1 Mapping environmental performance indicators; Table T3.2 Core environment-related activities as identified in Task 3.

Table T3.3 Methods for estimating direct employment in core environment-related activitiesTable T3.4 Examples illustrating labour market interactions of green activities; Table T3.5 Bangladesh: Estimates of employment in the sustainable energy sector; Table T4.1 Example of a coefficients matrix for an input-output (I-O) table; Table T4.2 Example for adjusting tourism-related sectors using appropriate sectorshares; Table T4.3 Survey methods to obtain information for technical coefficients related to creating new green sectors; Table T4.4 Policy priorities and choice of methods.

Table T4.5 Sample questionnaire for conducting surveysTable T4.6 Adjustment of I-O coefficients from surveys, expert interviews and literaturereviews; Table T4.7 Mapping green activities across primary industrial sectors; Table T4.8 Indirect and induced economic impact of green activity; Table T4.9 Industry-by-industry (IxI) I-O matrix; Table T4.10 Direct requirements table (A), or matrix of coefficients; Table T4.11 Type I Leontief inverse matrix; Table T5.1 Policy scenario results for the EU-27; Table T5.2 Identify winning and losing sectors; Annex tables.

Table A2.1 Selected output shares for splitting into subsectors, BangladeshTable A2.2 Derived adjusted shares for conventional and sustainable sectors; Table A2.3 Adjusted coefficients for the sustainable subsectors; Figures; Figure 3.1 Green growth can help tackle key national challenges with significant interlinked benefits; Figure T3.1 Consultations as well as desk research required; Figure T3.2 Identifying core environment-related activities from the literature: The example of Bangladesh; Figure T3.3 Screening tool for core environment-related job estimates.
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2011
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Geneva : International Labour Office, 2011.