Creating jobs in Africa's fragile states : are value chains an answer? / by Nora Dudwick and Radhika Srinivasan, with Jose Cuesta and Dorsati Madani.

Acknowledgments -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Prevailing approaches to job creation in fragile and conflict-affected states -- New directions in employment generation in fragile environments -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Box 1. The Liberia community infrastructure program -- Box 2. From relief to long-term recovery : the undp's early recovery program -- Box 3. Examples of livelihood activities in postconflict environments -- Box 4. Lessons from the jovenes programs in Latin America -- Box 5. Rwanda : postconflict poverty reduction strategies -- Box 6. The conflict-affected states of the IFC's Africa initiative -- Box 7. How to pick a winner -- Figures -- Figure 1. the united nation's three-track approach to postconflict assistance -- Tables -- Table 1. Growth, development, and labor indicators for natural resource : rich and poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 1999-2009 -- Table 2. Growth, development, and labor indicators for fragile and nonfragile countries worldwide, 1999-2009.