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Green Jobs for the Poor: Why a Public Employment Approach is Needed Now
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 keeping sight of employment-generating environmental activities that are
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 a variety of economic rationales for promoting these types of
“green jobs” and adopting a “public employment” approach in this regard.
Download: http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCOnePager107.pdf
Posted at 12:10PM Feb 12, 2010 by IPC in Macroeconomic Policies | Comments[1]
Posted by Deborah Cousins on February 15, 2010 at 05:54 AM BRST #