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Source: Beyond IntractabilityBeyond Intractability is a free knowledge base on more constructive approaches to destructive conflict. This website features an article published by the University of Colorado Conflict Research Consortium called “Education and Conflict,” as well as other related scholarly articles or learning materials related to the same topic.
Source: Business Council for PeaceThe Business Council for Peace helps women entrepreneurs in post-conflict countries expand their business, create employment, and build a more peaceful future in their communities. Their website has information about their work, news, and opportunities to get involved.
Source: ILOThis website has links to global statistics, analysis, and research on employment, labor markets, and employment policy.
Policy Analysis and Practitioner Documents (View All 11 Matches)
Source: International AlertThis publication series consists of four country case studies which highlight how the economic causes, drivers and impacts of conflict have been tackled in different ways in a number of conflict-affected countries where Alert works. Each case study focuses on a specific aspect of economics in peacebuilding: enabling a peace economies in early recovery in Uganda; examining the role of business in economic recovery in Nepal; rethinking the nexus between youth, unemployment and conflict in Sri Lanka; and 'alternative' livelihoods opportunities in Columbia.
Source: United NationsThis policy paper aims to scale up and maximize the impact, coherence and efficiency of employment and reintegration support provided to governments and UN practioners in post-conflict settings. The main issues addressed include: sustainable livelihoods; youth employment; rural/urban employment; property rights; and equity concerns. The paper provides guiding principles for effective strategies for employment creation and reintegration in post-conflict settings such as to be coherent and comprehensive, do no harm, be conflict sensitive, aim for sustainability, and promote gender equality. The policy paper concludes with an annex with action points for the guiding principles as well as an annex with explanations of key concepts.
Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR)Among other topics covered relating to post-conflict economic recovery, this paper by the UNDP analyzes policies to support rapid recovery of employment and livelihoods in order to reduce the probability of recurring conflict. The main issues covered include: enabling private investment and entrepreneurship; the UN's three track employment creation approach; public works programs; macroeconomic policies; and promoting alternative livelihoods. The authors argue that fostering jobs and livelihoods in the aftermath of war must be an imperative for public policy and donor interventions. The paper concludes that it is necessary to ensure complementary short-term and long-term goals as well as to build from existing activities, skills, structures and systems in order to develop effective and sustainable employment generation strategies suited to local contexts.
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