Household Enterprises in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States : Results from a Qualitative Toolkit Piloted in Liberia

Many policy makers across Sub-Saharan Africa, including in fragile and conflict-affectedsituations (FCS), consider youth employment a central policy issue. As the recent World Development Report (WDR) on jobs has highlighted, jobs are a key driver...

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Main Authors:	Weedon, Emily, Heaner, Gwendolyn
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	labor market fragile states household enterprises microenterprises livelihoods informal sector productive inclusion graduation trends challenges youth employment
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26772661/household-enterprises-fragile-conflict-affected-states-results-qualitative-toolkit-piloted-liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25113

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spelling	okr-10986-251132021-05-25T08:51:50Z Household Enterprises in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States : Results from a Qualitative Toolkit Piloted in Liberia Weedon, Emily Heaner, Gwendolyn labor market fragile states household enterprises microenterprises livelihoods informal sector productive inclusion graduation trends challenges youth employment Many policy makers across Sub-Saharan Africa, including in fragile and conflict-affectedsituations (FCS), consider youth employment a central policy issue. As the recent World Development Report (WDR) on jobs has highlighted, jobs are a key driver of development(World Bank 2012). Jobs matter for living standards, productivity, as well as social cohesion. Particularly in FCS, jobs mean more than earnings; feelings of exclusion stem from a lack ofreliable, quality employment, not simply income (Rebosio and Romanova 2013). Volume 1 of this paper presents results from the application of a novel qualitative toolkit in Liberia, with the objective to improve the knowledge of the constraints to entry and productivity among nonagricultural household enterprises. It outlines lessons learned from the application of this research and makes policy-relevant findings on how to improve productivity in the sector in Liberia. In addition, the report contains methodological lessons that can inform the application of the toolkit in other contexts. Volume 2 of this paper presents a global review of the literature on household enterprises in FCS and the detailed methodology and tools for the research. 2016-10-04T21:02:31Z 2016-10-04T21:02:31Z 2016-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26772661/household-enterprises-fragile-conflict-affected-states-results-qualitative-toolkit-piloted-liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25113 English en_US Social Protection and Labor Discussion Paper,No. 1608; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	Many policy makers across Sub-Saharan Africa, including in fragile and conflict-affectedsituations (FCS), consider youth employment a central policy issue. As the recent World Development Report (WDR) on jobs has highlighted, jobs are a key driver of development(World Bank 2012). Jobs matter for living standards, productivity, as well as social cohesion. Particularly in FCS, jobs mean more than earnings; feelings of exclusion stem from a lack ofreliable, quality employment, not simply income (Rebosio and Romanova 2013). Volume 1 of this paper presents results from the application of a novel qualitative toolkit in Liberia, with the objective to improve the knowledge of the constraints to entry and productivity among nonagricultural household enterprises. It outlines lessons learned from the application of this research and makes policy-relevant findings on how to improve productivity in the sector in Liberia. In addition, the report contains methodological lessons that can inform the application of the toolkit in other contexts. Volume 2 of this paper presents a global review of the literature on household enterprises in FCS and the detailed methodology and tools for the research.
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author	Weedon, Emily Heaner, Gwendolyn
author_facet	Weedon, Emily Heaner, Gwendolyn
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title	Household Enterprises in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States : Results from a Qualitative Toolkit Piloted in Liberia
title_short	Household Enterprises in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States : Results from a Qualitative Toolkit Piloted in Liberia
title_full	Household Enterprises in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States : Results from a Qualitative Toolkit Piloted in Liberia
title_fullStr	Household Enterprises in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States : Results from a Qualitative Toolkit Piloted in Liberia
title_full_unstemmed	Household Enterprises in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States : Results from a Qualitative Toolkit Piloted in Liberia
title_sort	household enterprises in fragile and conflict-affected states : results from a qualitative toolkit piloted in liberia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26772661/household-enterprises-fragile-conflict-affected-states-results-qualitative-toolkit-piloted-liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25113
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Household Enterprises in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States : Results from a Qualitative Toolkit Piloted in Liberia

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