| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 83 pages) |
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Directions in development. Countries and regions |
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Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Countries and regions.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Prevailing approaches to job creation in fragile and conflict-affected states -- New directions in employment generation in fragile environments -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Box 1. The Liberia community infrastructure program -- Box 2. From relief to long-term recovery : the undp's early recovery program -- Box 3. Examples of livelihood activities in postconflict environments -- Box 4. Lessons from the jovenes programs in Latin America -- Box 5. Rwanda : postconflict poverty reduction strategies -- Box 6. The conflict-affected states of the IFC's Africa initiative -- Box 7. How to pick a winner -- Figures -- Figure 1. the united nation's three-track approach to postconflict assistance -- Tables -- Table 1. Growth, development, and labor indicators for natural resource : rich and poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 1999-2009 -- Table 2. Growth, development, and labor indicators for fragile and nonfragile countries worldwide, 1999-2009 |
| Summary |
This book addresses the urgent need for job creation in conflict-affected states in sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that job creation through public works, training, and community-based livelihood often is unsustainable, and argues that efforts to restore local economies through agricultural value chain development is feasible in fragile environments |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Job creation -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Sustainable development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Investment of public funds -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects
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Investment of public funds
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Job creation
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Sustainable development
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Srinivasan, Radhika.
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| ISBN |
9780821398326 |
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0821398326 |
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