Exports to Jobs: Boosting the Gains from Trade in South Asia

by Raymond Robertson, Daniel Samaan, Gladys Lopez-Avecedo, et al.

South Asia has grown fast and poverty has fallen across most countries in the region. The performance has been less impressive on the exports front. Despite labor costs increasing in China, India and its neighbors have yet to become a global manufacturing hub for labor-intensive products. And growth has not done enough to match the fast-growing working-age population, leading to lingering concerns about jobless growth and poor job quality. While...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464812489
• ISBN13: 9781464812484
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.9"