G LO B A L E D U C AT I O N M O N I TO R I N G R E P O R T 2 0 1 6 SUMMARY FI GURE 2 : Increasing levels of education are associated with lower working poverty Working poverty (below 50% of median weekly earnings) by education level in 12 low and middle income countries 45 40 Working poverty (%) 35 30 Primary or less 25 Lower secondary 20 Upper secondary/ post-secondary non-tertiary 15 Tertiary 10 5 Pooled Georgia* Colombia Ghana Bolivia Armenia* Lao PDR Sri Lanka TFYR Macedonia* Viet Nam Ukraine* Kenya Yunnan province (China) 0 *Levels of education were excluded due to low number of observations. Note: Sample is for urban areas. Sample restricted to full-time workers (at least 30 hours per week) aged 15–64. Source: GEM Report team calculations based on World Bank STEP Skills Measurement Surveys (2012–2013). While green growth offers many opportunities for expanding employment, job losses are inevitable when environmentally unsustainable industries close. Expanded lifelong learning policies are needed to promote education and training programmes enabling displaced workers to shift into new jobs. A man stands in a crop of cassava that is being cultivated using an improved technique in Boukoko, Central African Republic. CREDIT: Riccardo Gangale/FAO 17