Employment for poverty reduction and food security

von Braun, Joachim. 1995. Employment for poverty reduction and food security. Occasional Papers 32. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157193

"Rapid expansion of employment in low-income countries is one of the biggest challenges of development. The growth in labor supply in developing countries will remain large for a long time to come. Incomes of the poor in rural areas will depend more and more on productive off-farm work, and in the rapidly expanding urban areas, food security will depend largely on jobs and wage rates"--P. xiii.