Service Module 4 Private sector development

The private sector as service provider.

Women and employment in the service sector

(c) Service regulations for public sector officials

D. The role of private sector service providers

Trade expansion, export promotion and service sector development

Service sector employment is sometimes viewed as more desirable than manufacturing since jobs in the service sector are seen to have higher status.

However, the private sector charges for providing this service.

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The rate of female employment in the service sector varies also within regions, depending on the sector.

27. An efficient government service with sector specific expertise is necessary for credibility with the private sector.

Activities of United Nations entities on women in the service sector

22. Finally, the service sector had considerable potential for developing countries.

(c) The role of informal sector water supply and sanitation service delivery.

The service treats female minors aged 13 21 in the Jewish sector, and up to age 25 in the Arab sector.

Growth was mainly concentrated in the service sector, whose share of GDP progressively increased.

Service sector employment may not, however, provide significantly more in terms of wages and security.

Assistance is provided for a number of in service training activities in the public sector.

The service sector has provided women with increased job opportunities, including in non traditional sectors such as the information and communication technology sector and tourism.

The speakers also raised the question of whether concentration in the service sector had been caused by the strength of developing countries in that sector or by their weakness in the manufacturing sector.

OFDI originated from all sectors of the economy, but the service sector is the dominant investor.

Expatriate service resulted in experience that was considered highly desirable by private and public sector employers.

The data furnished reflect a shift in the Spanish economy towards a service economy and a growing participation by women in the service sector (table 11.1).

India already has a large service sector, which has been a major source of growth. Considering the country s young and growing population, the service sector needs to create more jobs for the millions who will join the workforce every year.

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In addition, 6,990 were agricultural workers, 102 non agricultural workers, 178 technicians and 82 service sector workers.

Critical to improving the quality and efficacy of the public sector is commitment to public service capacity building.

Equal opportunities of access to the civil service and the private labour sector are guaranteed regardless of gender.

Women were increasingly moving into the service sector and the number of self employed women had risen considerably.

There is a need to identify and address the gender perspectives of trade liberalization in the service sector.

(i) Voluntary or mandatory energy efficiency labelling and technical specifications for luminaries used in the service sector and

India's experience in telecom highlights the difficulties that can arise when implementing universal service obligations for private sector providers.

In the social service sector, 80 of employees are women and 50 of managerial positions are held by women.

), a framework agreement concluded with five ERA service providers, designed to supply the ERA services to the public sector.

Most of the service sector consists of small, self employed or family employed shopowners and vendors and civil servants.

In the public sector, the Australian Public Service (APS) was regulated by the Public Service Act of 1999, consisting of the APS Code of Conduct and the APS Values, and the Australian Public Service Commission ensured that the Service was performing consistently with the APS Values.

2 According to available estimates, women make up 30 per cent of the agricultural sector, 17 per cent of the non agricultural sector and 20 per cent of the civil service.

Slow growth or a decline in women's share of job openings in the manufacturing sector have led women to either withdraw from the labour force or move into the service sector.

The government, of course, is the consummate service intensive sector. Government employees include teachers, policemen, trash collectors, and military personnel.

Several individual entities of the United Nations system also carried out activities related to women's employment in the service sector.

1 The definition of the service sector used in the present report, encompasses all non agricultural and non manufacturing industries.

21 World Bank, Women Take the ICT Leap Gaining Entry to Service Sector Employment , panel discussion, available from http www.worldbank.org.

The strides made towards reforming the security sector, in particular the training of the new police service, are also encouraging.

However, while private sector service providers can be made more accountable for providing good service at reasonable cost, they generally cannot bear the burden of subsidizing consumers, which remains a public responsibility.

18 Department for Professional Employees, AFL CIO, The Service Sector Projections and Current Stats, Fact Sheet 2004 7 (Washington, D.C., 2004).