Extendemos nuestras sinceras felicitaciones al Profesor Gary Fields por haber recibido el prestigioso IZA Prize in Labor Economics 2014 gracias a sus destacadas contribuciones sobre la importancia de la eficiencia en los mercados laborales en la lucha contra la pobreza y la promoción del desarrollo económico en países de renta baja y media.
Varios de los estudiantes panameños cursando estudios de Master in Public Administration en Cornell tenemos el honor de contar con el Prof. Fields como profesor, lo que representa una extraordinaria oportunidad de recibir de primera mano herramientas contundentes para ser aplicadas en la lucha contra la pobreza en nuestro país.
A continuación, entrevista realizada por IZA Newsroom al Prof. Fields:
How would you describe the policy relevance of your research?
Gary Fields: Most people derive most if not all of their income from the work they and other family members do. It follows that to assure that economic development reaches the poor, development efforts must be targeted on improving employment and earnings of low-income households.
What should be the goal of development policy?
Fighting poverty must be the focus of development efforts. Helping the poor earn their way out of poverty is a laudable goal and can serve as a rallying cry for national and international action.
How can developing countries create more and better jobs?
Some interventions are direct labor market policies: enhancing wage and salaried employment and raising the returns to self-employment. Others impinge upon labor markets: stimulating economic growth, pursuing international trade opportunities, and channeling foreign aid toward improving employment opportunities
Para mayor información sobre el premio recibido y los aportes del Prof. Fields, visitar los siguientes links:
- http://newsroom.iza.org/en/2014/11/17/and-the-iza-prize-goes-to-gary-fields/
- Self-employment and poverty in developing countries (IZA World of Labor)
- Challenges and policy lessons for the growth-employment-poverty nexus in developing countries (IZA Journal of Labor Policy)
Por: Michelle M. Muschett
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