Publication: Constraints to Productive Employment Faced by Safety Nets Beneficiaries in the Sahel: Results of a Multi-Country Qualitative Assessment
Date
2020-01
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Published
2020-01
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Abstract
In the Sahel subregion, which extends
over Central and Western Africa, low labor productivity
poses a challenge to poverty reduction, economic growth, and
social stability. Social Safety Net Projects target the
poorest households who derive their livelihoods from
low-productivity activities. As such, they have the
potential to improve labor productivity. As part of the
Sahel adaptive social protection program (ASPP), the World
Bank supports the design and implementation of productive
accompanying measures for safety nets beneficiaries. This
report sets out the results of a qualitative assessment of
the constraints to productive employment that was conducted
in the Social Safety Net Project areas, across five of the
six countries covered by the ASPP: Burkina Faso, Mali,
Niger, Senegal, and Chad. This assessment identified the
main challenges to productivity growth in farm and nonfarm
sectors and, jointly with other surveys and local and
regional consultations, helped define accompanying measures
to safety nets programs aimed at increasing current
employment productivity and generating more productive jobs.
Citation
“Bossuroy, Thomas; Koussoube, Estelle; Premand, Patrick. 2020. Constraints to Productive Employment Faced by Safety Nets Beneficiaries in the Sahel: Results of a Multi-Country Qualitative Assessment. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33552 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”