Infrastructure’s Role in Sustaining Asia’s Growth

Brooks, Douglas H.; Go, Eugenia C.

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“…Between 2007 and 2010, Brazil's investment to GDP ratio increased by 0.9 percentage points, China's by 6.4 percentage points and the Philippines by 3.6 percentage points; while the unemployment rate fell by 2.6 percentage points in Brazil and remained virtually flat in China and the Philippines. In all cases, public infrastructure investment has been an important component of total (Brooks and Go, 2011;Chuan, 2007;Son and San Andres, 2009). Policy simulations further suggest that increasing investment to pre-crisis levels in high-income economies would lead to substantial job gains (Appendix A).…”

Section: In Previous Crises Investment Recovery Tended To Lead Emplomentioning

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Full Report ‐ World of Work Report 2012: Better jobs for a better economy

2012

World Work Rep

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This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of recent labour market and social trends, assesses risks of social unrest and presents employment projections for the next five years. The report emphasises that while employment has begun to recover slowly, job quality is deteriorating and there is a growing sense of unfairness. Moreover, given the pressure on governments to rein in expenditure, policy efforts have focused on structural reforms to boost employment creation. However, if policy instruments are not carefully designed, they could exacerbate the employment situation and aggravate further equity concerns, with potentially long‐lasting adverse consequences for both the economy and society. This report calls for a carefully designed policy approach that takes into consideration the urgent need to create quality jobs while at the same time laying the ground for a more productive, fairer economy and labour market.

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Section: In Previous Crises Investment Recovery Tended To Lead Emplomentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Between 2007 and 2010, Brazil's investment to GDP ratio increased by 0.9 percentage points, China's by 6.4 percentage points and the Philippines by 3.6 percentage points; while the unemployment rate fell by 2.6 percentage points in Brazil and remained virtually at in China and the Philippines. In all cases, public infrastructure investment has been an important component of total (Brooks and Go, 2011;Chuan, 2007;Son and San Andres, 2009). Policy simulations further suggest that increasing investment to pre-crisis levels in high-income economies would lead to substantial job gains (Appendix A).…”

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2012

World Work Rep

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The chapter analyses global investment trends before and after the economic crisis of 2008 ‐ 2010 and investigates the relationship between employment and real investment. A focus is laid upon the impact of uncertainty on investment activity and employment outcomes. The chapter finds that investors’ perception of uncertainty has been increasing over the last decades and so has the volatility of real investment for many advanced countries. Using a vector autoregression, the impact of increasing uncertainty on investment and employment is quantified and shows that significant gains in terms of investment and employment could be achieved if economic uncertainty could be reduced. In response to the uncertain environment many firms have been significantly increasing their cash holdings and continue to hold back large investments.

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Infrastructure’s Role in Sustaining Asia’s Growth

Cited by 2 publications

References 26 publications

Full Report ‐ World of Work Report 2012: Better jobs for a better economy

Full Report ‐ World of Work Report 2012: Better jobs for a better economy

Investing in a sustainable recovery

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