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UNIDO Industrial Development Report 2013 “Sustaining Employment Growth: The Role of Manufacturing Structural Change”

LI Yong, UNIDO Director General

Presentation to the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria at the Austrian National Bank

• n 20 January 2014

Manufacturing jobs

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50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000 250 000 300 000 350 000 400 000 450 000 500 000 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 Informal Formal

Source: UNIDO’s elaboration based on ILO 2011, 2013; UNIDO Database, WIOD (Timmer 2012).

Manufacturing and Manufacturing-related service jobs

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50 000 100 000 150 000 200 000 250 000 300 000 350 000 400 000 450 000 500 000 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 Man-related Informal Formal

Source: UNIDO’s elaboration based on ILO 2011, 2013; UNIDO Database, WIOD (Timmer 2012).

Manufacturing and Employment

• total employment (including informal sector) -

16.3% of total employment

2 330 2 880 374 470 500 1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 3 000 3 500 1995 2009 Million of people Total Employment Total Manufacturing Jobs

16.1%

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• Note: Pooled data for 100 countries

Source: UNIDO’s elaboration based on CIC 2009; World Development Indicators Database, 2013

GDP composition by income and sector, 1963-2007

Manufacturing’s peak Non-Manufacturing industries’ peak

Changes in the shares in manufacturing value added by income and technology group

(1963 – 2007) Source: UNIDO’s elaboration based on CIC 2009; UNIDO Database

Policy for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development

• Promoting structural change for the

production of higher value added products and cleaner production process

• Targeting key drivers of structural change
• Getting industrial policy to work
• Experimenting, learning and evaluating
• International cooperation

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Thank you!

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