Policies and Measures for Rural Employment in Asia
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1989-09
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Ohio State University. Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Abstract
Employment and unemployment are key issues in Asia. This paper first examines economic growth and employment generation in Asia and in developing countries. Then policies and measures for rural employment are reviewed, first for agriculture, then for small and medium industries (SMis). The results show that both agriculture and SMis suffer from discrimination in government policies which is likely to have a negative impact on employment generation. Several sector specific policies are then reviewed for both sectors. Special SMis projects are also reviewed. The conclusion is that projects may be useful under special conditions, but their effects on employment may be swamped by the discriminatory effects of general and sector-specific policies.