Jobs in North Lebanon - Assessment of the Potato Value Chain

Thomas Farole and Yasuo Konishi

No 28777072, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper applies a newly-developed survey instrument to assess the structure and dynamics of jobs in the potato value chain of North Lebanon. The analysis finds that while on-farm activities represent the largest source of jobs in the value chain, most of these are low-skilled, low quality jobs taken by seasonal workers, offering limited opportunities for young Lebanese workers. The best opportunities to develop high quality jobs would come through investment in downstream processing, which would have a spillover effect also on expanding lower-skilled jobs across the chain. Taking advantage of this opportunity will require addressing significant constraints in the trade and investment climate in North Lebanon.

Keywords: Technical and Vocational Education; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise; European Development Finance Institutions; economies of scale in production; fragile and conflict state; paper issue; information and communication technology; small and medium size enterprise; millennium development goal; private sector job; capital stock per worker; active labor market program; farmer; Job Creation; permanent job; majority of farmer; number of jobs; export market; ict value chain; higher value added; average monthly wage; retail distribution network; access to land; value added tax; average farm size; cold storage facility; difficult external environment; cost of land; conditional cash transfer; percent change; analysis of value; labor force survey; marginal cost function; job creation potential; per capita consumption; european investment bank; scale of production; scale production; competitive production base; output per worker; domestic market price; privileges and immunity; Type of Investment; trade and investment; Solid Waste Management; factor of production; state owned enterprise; production and export; employment per hectare; expansion of export; fruit and vegetable; purchasing power parity; public employment service; seasonal worker; large farm; small farm; seasonal job; potato production; regional market; import price; input supply; general population; process plant; average cost; trade deficit; land cost; firm level; transport cost; scale economy; market system; local market; global trade; Capital Investments; capital use; selection criterion; survey instrument; market opportunity; focus group; job profile; employment data; farm labor; wage gap; unit price; low-skilled job; permanent worker; processing operation; public expenditure; farm output; export channel; road freight; export expansion; large-scale investment; market condition; minimum wage; employment impact; investment scenario; greenfield investment; shipping rate; substitute capital; marginal investment; labor use; low-skilled worker; estimated elasticity; firm entry; survey questionnaire; agribusiness sector; hail storm; secondary data; market factor; harvest time; cost categories; global market; rental rate; Wage Bill; main transport; regional output; domestic retail; global export; global demand; price level; traditional market; relative price; low-skill worker; shipping cost; climatic shocks; selling price; commercial production; earnings growth; downstream industry; spillover benefit; competitive position; trade surplus; domestic producer; export growth; trade route; export volume; agricultural sector; comparative advantage; seed production; potato crop; input provider; output growth; production increase; survey sample; sample bias; significant challenge; survey sampling; farm plot; extended family; population size; global production; domestic consumption; job impact; vegetable processing; olive oil; wood product; agricultural activity; rural area; non-governmental organization; informal apprenticeship; agricultural economy; national economy; total employment; financial intermediation; copyright owner; housing census; planting season; limited information; confidence interval; skilled labor; seasonal employment; trading activity; production facility; established brand; trade figures; fast food; local supply; trade datum; Social Protection; low skill worker; Advisory services; partnership framework; household survey; global partnership; commercial purpose; original work; sole responsibility; firm survey; foreign ownership; female participant; harvest infrastructure; migrant labor; average share; performance performance; alternative crop; crop plant; small farmer; market production; rising cost; local processing; production cost; average age; production system; farmer produce; market demand; increasing costs; supply side; input price (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 65
Date: 2017-11-28
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