Promoting investment and increasing employment among the economically inactive

Date published: 01 November 2010

This page contains information and a report on the approach to creating jobs for the economically inactive in some European countries, New Zealand and USA. 

Details

Findings from a study into strategies that link the promotion of investment and the employment of economically inactive groups along with further information on highlighted initiatives in the best practice countries.

A review of best practice

The Employment Research Institute in Napier University has reviewed the approach to creating jobs for the economically inactive in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovakia, Spain and the USA.

The summary report considers initiatives in both investment and employment agencies to provide employment opportunities for the inactive.  It is available to download along with a detailed annex, which provides further information on highlighted initiatives in the best practice countries.

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