Wendy Cunningham
Biographic Data
| ID | 6447213 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wendy Cunningham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wendy |
| FAMILY NAME | Cunningham |
| SIGNATURE | CUNNINGHAM W |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Bank |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pathways to Middle-Class Jobs in Indonesia
‘Our dream, our ambition is that by \n 2045, after one century of Indonesian independence, \n Indonesia should, Insya Allah (God willing), have escaped \n the middle-income trap,' President Joko Widodo declared \n in the opening lines of his inaugural address in October \n 2019. Indonesia is on its way, with single digit poverty \n rates and economic growth averaging 5 percent annually \n between 1990 and 2018. However, nearly half (47 percent) o…
Gender Analysis of the Cambodian Labor Market
This paper has six sections. The authors begin with an overview of the gender-specific trends in labor force participation, industry employment shares, overall shifts in wage employment, and gender gaps in wages and educational attainment in Cambodia. The authors continue with an industry-specific look at wage employment trends, which confirms that, while there are a few emerging higher-skilled sectors such as financial services, the manufacturin…
Cambodia’s Future Jobs
Jobs are an important part of Cambodia’s story of development success. There are eight million jobs in Cambodia, and eighty percent of Cambodian adults above the age of fifteen are working in contrast to 62.5 percent of adults in East Asia Pacific region. Cambodia will need to enact substantive reforms to secure more, better, and more inclusive jobs in the long term. Fundamentally, Cambodia needs to upgrade and integrate the two sides of its econ…
Earnings Inequality Within And Across Gender, Racial, And Ethnic Groups In Four Latin American Countries
Latin American countries are generally characterized as displaying high income and earnings inequality overall along with high inequality by gender, race, and ethnicity. However, the latter phenomenon is not a major contributor to the former phenomenon. Using household survey data from four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, and Guyana) for which stratification by race or ethnicity is possible, this paper demonstrates (using Th…
Programs and policies that promote positive youth development and prevent risky behaviors
This chapter provides an international perspective on the promotion of positive development and the prevention of risky behavior among youth. We discuss some of the specific challenges that youth face in low- and middle-income countries and identify six key evidence-based policies and programs that aim to promote positive youth development and prevent risky behavior. We also propose a set of practical recommendations for policymakers and other st…
Minimum wages and social policy
"Minimum Wages and Social Policy systematically explores the minimum wage as a policy tool for decreasing poverty and redressing social inequities in the developing country context. Offering evidence from both detailed individual country studies and new analysis from across the Latin American and Caribbean region, this book examines the impact of a minimum wage on income, employment, poverty, income distribution, and government budgets in the con…
The effects of the minimum wage in Brazil on the distribution of family incomes
Heterogeneity among Mexico's Microenterprises
Heterogeneity among Mexico's Microenterprises
The effects of the minimum wage in Brazil on the distribution of family incomes
Minimum wages and social policy
"Minimum Wages and Social Policy systematically explores the minimum wage as a policy tool for decreasing poverty and redressing social inequities in the developing country context. Offering evidence from both detailed individual country studies and new analysis from across the Latin American and Caribbean region, this book examines the impact of a minimum wage on income, employment, poverty, income distribution, and government budgets in the con…
Earnings Inequality Within And Across Gender, Racial, And Ethnic Groups In Four Latin American Countries
Latin American countries are generally characterized as displaying high income and earnings inequality overall along with high inequality by gender, race, and ethnicity. However, the latter phenomenon is not a major contributor to the former phenomenon. Using household survey data from four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, and Guyana) for which stratification by race or ethnicity is possible, this paper demonstrates (using Th…
Programs and policies that promote positive youth development and prevent risky behaviors
This chapter provides an international perspective on the promotion of positive development and the prevention of risky behavior among youth. We discuss some of the specific challenges that youth face in low- and middle-income countries and identify six key evidence-based policies and programs that aim to promote positive youth development and prevent risky behavior. We also propose a set of practical recommendations for policymakers and other st…
Cambodia’s Future Jobs
Jobs are an important part of Cambodia’s story of development success. There are eight million jobs in Cambodia, and eighty percent of Cambodian adults above the age of fifteen are working in contrast to 62.5 percent of adults in East Asia Pacific region. Cambodia will need to enact substantive reforms to secure more, better, and more inclusive jobs in the long term. Fundamentally, Cambodia needs to upgrade and integrate the two sides of its econ…
Gender Analysis of the Cambodian Labor Market
This paper has six sections. The authors begin with an overview of the gender-specific trends in labor force participation, industry employment shares, overall shifts in wage employment, and gender gaps in wages and educational attainment in Cambodia. The authors continue with an industry-specific look at wage employment trends, which confirms that, while there are a few emerging higher-skilled sectors such as financial services, the manufacturin…
Pathways to Middle-Class Jobs in Indonesia
‘Our dream, our ambition is that by \n 2045, after one century of Indonesian independence, \n Indonesia should, Insya Allah (God willing), have escaped \n the middle-income trap,' President Joko Widodo declared \n in the opening lines of his inaugural address in October \n 2019. Indonesia is on its way, with single digit poverty \n rates and economic growth averaging 5 percent annually \n between 1990 and 2018. However, nearly half (47 percent) o…
Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Inequality (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Taxation and Compliance Studies (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Cambodian History and Society (2 works)