An Integrated Framework for Jobs in Fragile and Conflict Situations

Jan Von Der Goltz, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Nadia Fernanda Piffaretti, Michal J. Rutkowski and Saroj Kumar Jha

No 26844512, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: Jobs are a high priority for development and stability in fragile and conflict-affected situations. Jobs contribute to poverty reduction, productivity and economic growth, and can promote social cohesion and reduce the risk of violence. However, the jobs environment is particularly challenging in situations affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV), with various combinations of high political, economic and social risks, weak institutional capacity, a difficult political economy, and significant constraints on financial resources to support recovery and reconstruction. Thus, fragile situations have an urgent need for well-structured assistance to address these challenges and create job opportunities. To help strengthen its engagement on jobs in FCV, the World Bank Group (WBG) has developed an integrated jobs framework. The purpose of this note is to describe the framework, which has been adapted from the WBG’s general jobs framework to incorporate the above dimensions of fragility and instability, and to outline the policy and operational implications for both the short and long run. Ultimately, the aim is to improve the support the WBG can offer to expand job opportunities across the range of FCV contexts

Keywords: Fragile and Conflict Situations; Fragile & Conflict-Affected States; youth employment and skill; Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations; active labor market program; active labor market policy; Active Labor Market Policies; Fragility, Conflict, and Violence; contribution to poverty reduction; sectoral composition of output; protection property right; conflict and violence; risk of conflict; job opportunities; job opportunity; private sector job; social cohesion; level of capacity; loss of asset; Fragile Situations; investment climate reform; risk of violence; early retirement program; savings and investment; source of shock; public expenditure reform; resolution of grievances; Oil and Gas; Oil & Gas; labor intensive industry; cost of education; types of service; world development; investments in infrastructure; Energy Sector Reform; incentives for investment; formal sector worker; resource revenue management; Rule of Law; privileges and immunity; finance and markets; Transport and ICT; share of investment; loss of capital; women at risk; quality of job; creating job opportunity; gross national income; purchasing power parity; world development indicator; barrier to participation; return on investment; rates of return; quality of education; misallocation of resources; loss of information; household and individual; private sector perspective; financial literacy program; improving service delivery; barrier to competition; temporary employment scheme; public works program; private sector provider; participation of woman; social insurance program; direct job creation; small business initiative; labor market problem; job search training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 2016-01-01
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/60629147 ... -conflict-situations

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wbk:jbsgrp:26844512

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20433. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Selome Assefa Hailemariam ().