Employment Diagnostic Analysis: a methodological guide

The purpose of the present guide is to provide a tool for context-specific analysis of the dynamics and characteristics of employment and to identify and understand the causes behind the main constraints and challenges, as well as opportunities for increasing productive employment in an inclusive and sustainable manner.

Employment diagnostic analysis aims to understand the nature of the deficiency of productive employment and the context-specific constraints, challenges and opportunities for increasing productive employment through sustainable and inclusive job-rich growth as a basis for a sharper and more effective focus of policies and strategies on productive employment. The purpose of the present guide is to provide a user-friendly methodological tool for such analysis. The methodology has been developed with three important considerations in mind:
› It should facilitate a clear identification of the causes behind the main constraints and challenges, through a highly structured and step-wise approach, with a view to provide a basis for prioritisation and a sharp focus in policy-making.
› The country specific situation should serve as a starting point and basis for the analysis.
› Participation by the end users in the analytical process is crucial for result. Those responsible for designing and implementing policies should also play an active role in the identification of the constraints and challenges that need to be addressed.