Liberia : Can Employment Opportunities Help Build Peace?
Whats the most effective way to reintegrate ex-combatants and reduce illegal activities? This policy note reviews an innovative program that had a big impact. In Liberia, where civil wars were fought on and off between 1989 and 2003, the non-profit...
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19886646/liberia-can-employment-opportunities-help-build-peace http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22593 |
| Summary: | Whats the most effective way to
reintegrate ex-combatants and reduce illegal activities?
This policy note reviews an innovative program that had a
big impact. In Liberia, where civil wars were fought on and
off between 1989 and 2003, the non-profit organization,
action on armed violence, the Government of Liberia, and the
United Nations developed an innovative program to help
ex-combatants move into full-time farm work by giving them
training, counseling, and start-up capital. The evaluation
found that the program successfully shifted high-risk men
from criminal activities into farming. The evaluation also
showed that skills training arent always enough. As policy
makers in the region look to strengthen their economies and
boost stability, the results of this evaluation offer
guidelines for crafting successful programs. These findings
will likely help development experts to create programs that
help the millions of young people entering the labor force
find meaningful and productive work. This Evidence to Policy
note was jointly produced by the World Bank Group, the
Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF), and the British
governments Department for International Development. |
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