Insights from Surveys on Business and Enterprises in South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan – Technical Report IV
This study assesses jobs in businesses and NGOs in the towns of South Sudan. It is based on a 2019 business survey that includes informal and micro enterprises, as well as a dedicated survey of foreign-owned businesses. The business community is ty...
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okr-10986-346662021-05-25T09:51:04Z Insights from Surveys on Business and Enterprises in South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan – Technical Report IV Finn, Arden von der Goltz, Jan BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT NGOs FOREIGN-OWNED BUSINESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT UN AGENCIES BUSINESS OBSTACLES CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES INFLATION ACCESS TO FINANCE SKILLED LABOR This study assesses jobs in businesses and NGOs in the towns of South Sudan. It is based on a 2019 business survey that includes informal and micro enterprises, as well as a dedicated survey of foreign-owned businesses. The business community is typical of a low-income post-conflict country, but with a particularly weak productive sector and an outsize importance of NGOs and foreign-owned businesses. Two in five commercial businesses are foreign-owned; they employ far more South Sudanese than foreign nationals, and source some inputs locally, though they could become more important customers. NGOs employ one in five workers in businesses, and while UN and aid agency procurement is a minor source of demand in Juba, it is a major factor in smaller markets, for food and personal services. Business obstacles focus on insecurity, lack of demand (including due to inflation), no access to finance, and electricity. The study is one of a set of four reports assessing different aspects of jobs in urban South Sudan in order to formulate policy for recovery. 2020-10-27T14:08:41Z 2020-10-27T14:08:41Z 2020-10-21 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/530451603348992444/Insights-from-Surveys-on-Business-and-Enterprises-in-South-Sudan-Jobs-Recovery-and-Peacebuilding-in-Urban-South-Sudan-Fourth-Technical-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34666 English Jobs Working Paper;No. 53 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa South Sudan |
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BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT NGOs FOREIGN-OWNED BUSINESS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT UN AGENCIES BUSINESS OBSTACLES CONFLICT-AFFECTED STATES INFLATION ACCESS TO FINANCE SKILLED LABOR Finn, Arden von der Goltz, Jan Insights from Surveys on Business and Enterprises in South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan – Technical Report IV |
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This study assesses jobs in businesses
and NGOs in the towns of South Sudan. It is based on a 2019
business survey that includes informal and micro
enterprises, as well as a dedicated survey of foreign-owned
businesses. The business community is typical of a
low-income post-conflict country, but with a particularly
weak productive sector and an outsize importance of NGOs and
foreign-owned businesses. Two in five commercial businesses
are foreign-owned; they employ far more South Sudanese than
foreign nationals, and source some inputs locally, though
they could become more important customers. NGOs employ one
in five workers in businesses, and while UN and aid agency
procurement is a minor source of demand in Juba, it is a
major factor in smaller markets, for food and personal
services. Business obstacles focus on insecurity, lack of
demand (including due to inflation), no access to finance,
and electricity. The study is one of a set of four reports
assessing different aspects of jobs in urban South Sudan in
order to formulate policy for recovery. |
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Finn, Arden von der Goltz, Jan |
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Finn, Arden von der Goltz, Jan |
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Finn, Arden |
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Insights from Surveys on Business and Enterprises in South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan – Technical Report IV |
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Insights from Surveys on Business and Enterprises in South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan – Technical Report IV |
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Insights from Surveys on Business and Enterprises in South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan – Technical Report IV |
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Insights from Surveys on Business and Enterprises in South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan – Technical Report IV |
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Insights from Surveys on Business and Enterprises in South Sudan : Jobs, Recovery, and Peacebuilding in Urban South Sudan – Technical Report IV |
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insights from surveys on business and enterprises in south sudan : jobs, recovery, and peacebuilding in urban south sudan – technical report iv |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/530451603348992444/Insights-from-Surveys-on-Business-and-Enterprises-in-South-Sudan-Jobs-Recovery-and-Peacebuilding-in-Urban-South-Sudan-Fourth-Technical-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34666 |
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