Creating jobs in Africa's fragile states
Subtitle: are value chains an answer?
By: by Nora Dudwick and Radhika Srinivasan, with Jose Cuesta and Dorsati Madani
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9780821397930; 9780821398326
Subjects: Job creation; Sustainable development; Investment of public funds; Agriculture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: List of contributors; title: Abbreviations and acronyms; title: Executive summary; title: Introduction; title: Prevailing approaches to job creation in fragile and conflict-affected states; title: New directions in employment generation in fragile environments; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: Box 1. The Liberia community infrastructure program; title: Box 2. From relief to long-term recovery : the undp's early recovery program; title: Box 3. Examples of livelihood activities in postconflict environments; title: Box 4. Lessons from the jovenes programs in Latin America; title: Box 5. Rwanda : postconflict poverty reduction strategies; title: Box 6. The conflict-affected states of the IFC's Africa initiative; title: Box 7. How to pick a winner; title: Figures; title: Figure 1. the united nation's three-track approach to postconflict assistance; title: Tables; title: Table 1. Growth, development, and labor indicators for natural resource : rich and poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 1999-2009; title: Table 2. Growth, development, and labor indicators for fragile and nonfragile countries worldwide, 1999-2009.