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Long-Term Job Creation in Fragile States: Please identify literature on the theme of job creation and fragile states, particularly - where available - literature on how to create sustainable employment in the longer term, how donors can help with this, and examples of successful and unsuccessful interventions.

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Key findings: There is very limited literature on the promotion of sustainable longer-term employment in fragile states. Most resources on job creation focus on short-term job creation and income-generation in conflict-affected contexts. There is, however, some discussion on how to link short-term job creation efforts with longer-term action that lays the foundation for sustainable jobs and development (e.g. by incorporating private sector development and skills training). Of the literature that does look into longer-term employment, the focus is primarily on conflict-affected environments. Nonetheless, many of the themes and findings in this set of literature can be relevant to fragile contexts. The following are the most commonly cited elements integral to sustainable job creation:

• an enabling framework for economic growth and sustainable job creation
• a consultative process
• market development and value chain analysis
• a private sector development strategy
• skills training and labour market analysis
• public sector involvement

Full response: http://www.gsdrc.org/docs/open/HD647.pdf