Creating Jobs in South Asia’s Conflict Zones

This paper describes the key challenges to job creation in conflict-affected environments in South Asia. It uses household survey data since the early 2000s for Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka to document the characteristics of labor marke...

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Main Authors:	Iyer, Lakshmi, Santos, Indhira
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM ADOLESCENTS ADULT LITERACY ARMED CONFLICT ARMED CONFLICTS ARMED FORCES BASIC HEALTH CARE BATTLE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES CHILD SOLDIERS CITIZENS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR COMBATANTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS CONSTRAINT COUNTERTERRORISM CREATING JOBS DEATHS DECADES OF WAR DEMOBILIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISARMAMENT DISPLACEMENT DOMESTIC MARKET DRINKING WATER EARNING EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EMPLOYABLE SKILLS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EX-COMBATANTS EXCOMBATANTS EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES FAMILY LABOR FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FIGHTING FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVEYS FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN GOODS FORMAL EDUCATION FORMER FIGHTERS FRONTIER HEALTH SERVICES HOST COUNTRY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLITERACY IMPACT OF CONFLICT IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFORMAL SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERNAL CONFLICTS INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL DONORS INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR SUPPLY LAND ISSUES LAND MINES LEGISLATIVE CHANGES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE MENTAL HEALTH MIGRATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE NATIONALS NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUMBER OF DEATHS OCCUPATION OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PEACE PEACE RESEARCH PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PERSONAL COMMUNICATION PLACES OF ORIGIN POLICE POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL INSTABILITY POPULATION DATA PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS PROGRESS PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PUBLIC WORK PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT RADIO REBEL REBELS RECONSTRUCTION REGIONAL CONFLICT REHABILITATION REINTEGRATION PROCESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNEES RIGHT-WING ROAD ROADS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY NET SALARIED WORKERS SANITATION SCHOOL CHILDREN SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SEXUAL VIOLENCE SKILLED LABOR SMALL BUSINESS SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STATE GOVERNMENTS SUPPLIERS TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TRAINING COMPONENT TRAINING COURSE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN WORKERS URBANIZATION VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABILITY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GROWTH WARS WATER SUPPLIES WEAPONS WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD DEVELOPMENT YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16422288/creating-jobs-south-asias-conflict-zones-creating-jobs-south-asias-conflict-zones http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9315