Employment and Inclusive Development

Rizwanul Islam is former Special Adviser, Employment Sector, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland. Iyanatul Islam is currently Chief, Employment and Labour Market Policies Branch, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland.

• 1. Introduction 2. Employment and Inclusive Growth: A Development Perspective 3. Macroeconomic policy, growth and employment 4. Structural transformation and productive employment creation: alternative pathways 5. Rights-based Approach to Employment 6. Human Capital and Inclusive Development 7. Youth Employment 8. Labour market flexibility, informality and employment 9. Labour Market Risks and Social Protection 10. Conclusions and a way forward

"Islam and Islam—two widely-published advocates for more equitable job creation,especially in the Third World—identify two sets of issues that have reinstated employment to a more prominent place in the development agenda."- Chris Manning, Australian National University, in Asian Pacific Economic Literature."...the book makes an important contribution to our thinking and action to reduce inequality and the scourge of poverty. This makes it both an essential read for those interested in labour relations as well as economic development, and as a useful research reference and important teaching text for tertiary labour or development-related courses." - Michael Johnson, The University of New South Wales, Australia, in The Economic and Labour Relations Review 2015.