An Assessment of Employment in Niger
Due to frequent domestic and external shocks, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world. Located in a sub-region repeatedly challenged by security threats such as the Libyan conflict, the Mali crisis and the Boko Haram armed attacks, the N...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/196641636990647628/An-assessment-of-employment-in-Niger http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36616 |
| Summary: | Due to frequent domestic and external
shocks, Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world.
Located in a sub-region repeatedly challenged by security
threats such as the Libyan conflict, the Mali crisis and the
Boko Haram armed attacks, the Nigerien economy is exposed to
severe climate shocks that largely impact the country’s
economic performance. Despite going through several episodes
of political turbulence, Niger has experienced relative
political stability, with beneficial effects for economic
growth since 2011. To sum up, Niger is a country that faces
the jobs challenges of an agrarian and increasingly
resource-based economy, and in which a large part of the
population is young, poor and exposed to external and
internal shocks. In Niger, most population is poor and lives
in rural areas, implying that the jobs with the highest
development impact are in agriculture. However, as
discussed, jobs per se do not guarantee sufficient income
opportunities to escape poverty; as such, increases in
productivity are crucial for improving living standards.
Moreover, giving the high exposure of poor and rural
households to climatic shocks and food insecurity, the new
jobs agenda needs to encourage the use of modern and inputs
and decrease reliance on rainfall patterns. This book is
arranged as follows: 1) Chapter one explains the employment
structures in Niger; 2) Chapter two discusses employment
dynamics and transitions; 3) Chapter three has the analysis
of agricultural employment; 4) Chapter four looks at
non-agricultural household enterprises; and 5) Chapter five
introduces the youth occupational aspirations. |
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