Description: Liberia - Employment and Pro-Poor Growth

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Liberia - Employment and Pro-Poor Growth

Fourteen years of civil conflict (1989-2003) have destroyed Liberia's social and economic infrastructure and brought the economy nearly to a halt. Workers who came of age during the conflict are largely unskilled, and the supply of workers exc...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN AGE GROUP AGRARIAN REFORMS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AGRICULTURAL YIELDS BOTH SEXES CASH CROP CASH CROPS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL CROPS CONFLICT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CORRELATES OF POVERTY CROP PRODUCTION DATA QUALITY DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT DISPLACEMENT DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DRINKING WATER EARNING ECONOMIC BENEFITS ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PATTERN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FARM INCOMES FARMERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FIRM SIZE FOOD CROPS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOOD SERVICES GENDER INEQUITIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH WAGES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL LABOR MARKET INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR CODE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LAND PREPARATION LAND RIGHTS LAND SIZE LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT MALE COUNTERPARTS MARITAL STATUS MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MODERNIZATION MOTIVATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATURAL RESOURCES NOMINAL WAGES NUTRITION OCCUPATION OLDER ADULTS OLDER WORKERS PAYING JOBS PEACE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY RESEARCH POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION SIZE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY PRODUCTION PROCESSES PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGES REFUGEES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOMES RURAL LABOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECURITY SITUATION SERVANTS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE SECTORS SIGNIFICANT POLICY SKILLED LABOR SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SPOUSE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS UNDER EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN POPULATION URBANIZATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VULNERABILITY WAGE RATE WAR WATER FOR IRRIGATION WELFARE INDICATORS WOMAN WORK FORCE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS WORKING POOR WORKING POPULATION YOUNG MEN YOUNG WOMEN
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20110121011323 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2966

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Summary:	Fourteen years of civil conflict (1989-2003) have destroyed Liberia's social and economic infrastructure and brought the economy nearly to a halt. Workers who came of age during the conflict are largely unskilled, and the supply of workers exceeds demand by a substantial margin. The negative effects of unemployment, underemployment, and low productivity on economic growth have made employment the most urgent demand of the population and the top priority for Government action. This report offers guidance to the Government of Liberia in its development of a more strategic approach toward increasing productivity and employment, in order to achieve its pro-poor growth objectives. This report includes seven sections: employment is key for poverty reduction; one in five workers is unemployed or underemployed; the structure of Liberia's economy limits prospects for formal sector employment; transformation of the agriculture sector is essential for pro-poor growth; investment and job growth in the formal sector are constrained by three main factors; labor-intensive public works programs are necessary for the very poor; and education and training must be improved to enhance employability.