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spelling okr-10986-216872021-04-23T14:04:04Z Liberia : Does Giving People the Chance to Work Reduce Conflict and Boost Peace? Berman, Daphna ACCESS TO CAPITAL ADULTS AGRICULTURAL TRAINING ARMED CONFLICT BASIC LITERACY CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CONFLICT CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONFLICTS COUNSELING COUNTERPARTS DEMOBILIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISARMAMENT EX-COMBATANT EX-COMBATANTS EX-FIGHTERS FIGHTING FORMER FIGHTERS IMPACT EVALUATION INCOME INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEARNING LIFE SKILLS LIFE SKILLS COMPONENT LITERACY CLASSES MEETING MERCENARIES MERCENARY NATIONS PEACE PEACEBUILDING SCHOOLING SKILLS TRAINING TRAINING PROGRAMS TREATMENT GROUPS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CONFLICT VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH The evaluation found that the program successfully shifted high-risk men from criminal activities into farming. Graduates earned more money than their counterparts who weren t enrolled in the program, spent less time in illegal work and were less likely to consider fighting as mercenaries in neighboring conflicts. The evaluation also showed that skills training isn t always enough; men who received training but didn t get their start-up capital didn t do as well as those who did. 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. The findings shed light on some of the constraints that youth face when trying to pursue work opportunities: Training alone may not be enough if it isn t supplemented with start-up capital. 2015-04-06T20:36:21Z 2015-04-06T20:36:21Z 2015-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24091969/liberia-giving-people-chance-work-reduce-conflict-boost-peace http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21687 English en_US From Evidence to Policy; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Liberia
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topic ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ADULTS
AGRICULTURAL TRAINING
ARMED CONFLICT
BASIC LITERACY
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
CONFLICT
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CONFLICTS
COUNSELING
COUNTERPARTS
DEMOBILIZATION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DISARMAMENT
EX-COMBATANT
EX-COMBATANTS
EX-FIGHTERS
FIGHTING
FORMER FIGHTERS
IMPACT EVALUATION
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING
LIFE SKILLS
LIFE SKILLS COMPONENT
LITERACY CLASSES
MEETING
MERCENARIES
MERCENARY
NATIONS
PEACE
PEACEBUILDING
SCHOOLING
SKILLS TRAINING
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TREATMENT GROUPS
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
spellingShingle ACCESS TO CAPITAL
ADULTS
AGRICULTURAL TRAINING
ARMED CONFLICT
BASIC LITERACY
CIVIL WAR
CIVIL WARS
CONFLICT
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CONFLICTS
COUNSELING
COUNTERPARTS
DEMOBILIZATION
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
DISARMAMENT
EX-COMBATANT
EX-COMBATANTS
EX-FIGHTERS
FIGHTING
FORMER FIGHTERS
IMPACT EVALUATION
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING
LIFE SKILLS
LIFE SKILLS COMPONENT
LITERACY CLASSES
MEETING
MERCENARIES
MERCENARY
NATIONS
PEACE
PEACEBUILDING
SCHOOLING
SKILLS TRAINING
TRAINING PROGRAMS
TREATMENT GROUPS
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CONFLICT
VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH
Berman, Daphna
Liberia : Does Giving People the Chance to Work Reduce Conflict and Boost Peace?
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Liberia
relation From Evidence to Policy;
description The evaluation found that the program successfully shifted high-risk men from criminal activities into farming. Graduates earned more money than their counterparts who weren t enrolled in the program, spent less time in illegal work and were less likely to consider fighting as mercenaries in neighboring conflicts. The evaluation also showed that skills training isn t always enough; men who received training but didn t get their start-up capital didn t do as well as those who did. 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. The findings shed light on some of the constraints that youth face when trying to pursue work opportunities: Training alone may not be enough if it isn t supplemented with start-up capital.
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author Berman, Daphna
author_facet Berman, Daphna
author_sort Berman, Daphna
title Liberia : Does Giving People the Chance to Work Reduce Conflict and Boost Peace?
title_short Liberia : Does Giving People the Chance to Work Reduce Conflict and Boost Peace?
title_full Liberia : Does Giving People the Chance to Work Reduce Conflict and Boost Peace?
title_fullStr Liberia : Does Giving People the Chance to Work Reduce Conflict and Boost Peace?
title_full_unstemmed Liberia : Does Giving People the Chance to Work Reduce Conflict and Boost Peace?
title_sort liberia : does giving people the chance to work reduce conflict and boost peace?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24091969/liberia-giving-people-chance-work-reduce-conflict-boost-peace
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21687
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