Assessing Green Jobs Potential in Developing Countries- A Practitioner's Guide

This book provides guidance on how to estimate the actual and potential level
of economic activity and number of jobs related to the environment in a developing
country context. It is intended to be generic in its application (i.e. relevant
to a wide range of countries) and therefore flexible enough to accommodate different
sets of economic and environmental conditions.

The guide has been developed as part of an ILO-funded project led by GHK
that mapped green employment in Bangladesh. That study will be published as
the first of a series of papers, each looking at a different country. These country
studies should be seen as companions to this guide. They give detailed information
on how methods set out here have been applied. A researcher who is considering
a study for her or his country should therefore consult the country studies as well
as this document.

The project process involves agreeing a detailed working definition of ?green
jobs?, and quantification of the direct and indirect employment linked to green
growth (e.g. through input?output (I-O) coefficients and modelling). It is intended
that further testing and development through application in other countries will
help to improve the depth and breadth of the guidance over time.