Green Jobs for the Poor: A Public Employment Approach

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Green Jobs for the Poor: A Public Employment Approach

December 2, 2015

This paper explores the potential for governments to create ‘green jobs’ in developing countries by funding public employment activities to preserve biodiversity, restore degraded land, combat erosion, and conserve water. The paper draws on the experiences of the Working for Water programme in South Africa and the National Rural Employment Guarantee in India.