Employment Patterns in Rural Afghanistan

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No AccessFeb 2018Employment Patterns in Rural AfghanistanAuthors/Editors: Izabela Leao, Mansur Ahmed, Anuja KarIzabela LeaoSearch for more papers by this author, Mansur AhmedSearch for more papers by this author, Anuja KarSearch for more papers by this authorhttps://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1265-1_ch2AboutView ChaptersFull TextPDF (2.6 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract: Discusses the current employment structure and spatial patterns of rural employment in Afghanistan to better understand the nature of the work people pursue and the challenges they face in securing their livelihoods, paying particular attention to inclusive aspects of rural jobs, and using employment data from the Afghanistan Living Condition Survey (ALCS) 2013–14 and from the National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (NRVA) 2011–12, as well as secondary data. Employment patterns across sectors provide insights into the roles each plays in overall rural employment. Because the quality and sustainability of the jobs in one sector often cannot be assessed properly by relying only on the employment patterns across sectors, analyzing income data to explore the sectors that strongly support income generation proves necessary. Comparing employment and income patterns in different sectors allows a better understanding of returns from jobs, which enables policymakers to better formulate and implement policies. ReferencesByrd, W and D Mansfield. 2014. “Afghanistan’s Opium Economy: An Agriculture, Livelihoods and Governance Perspective.” A Report Prepared for the World Bank Afghanistan Agriculture Sector Review, World Bank, Washington, DC. Google ScholarCentral Statistics Organization. 2016. “Statistical Indicators of Afghanistan.” Government of Afghanistan. Google ScholarDeichmann, U, F Shilpi, and R Vakis. 2008. “Spatial Specialization and Farm-Nonfarm Linkages.” Policy Research Working Paper 4611, World Bank, Washington, DC. LinkGoogle ScholarFAOSTAT. 2016. Production Database. The Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome. Accessed from http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data Google ScholarFoster, A D and M R Rosenzweig. 2004. “Agricultural Productivity Growth, Rural Economic Diversity, and Economic Reforms: India, 1970–2000.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 52 (3): 509–42. Google ScholarGautam, M and R Faruqee. 2016. Dynamics of Rural Growth in Bangladesh: Sustaining Poverty Reduction. Washington, DC: World Bank. LinkGoogle ScholarLanjouw, J and P Lanjouw. 2001. “Rural Non-Farm Employment: Issues and Evidence from Developing Countries.” Agricultural Economics 26 (1): 1–24. Google ScholarMansfield, D and A Pain. 2007. “Developing Evidence-Based Policy: Understanding Changing Levels of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan.” AREU Briefing Paper (November), Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Kabul. Google ScholarPain, A, 2012. “Afghanistan’s Opium Poppy Economy.” Middle East Institute, Washington, DC. http://www.mei.edu/content/afghanistans-opium-poppy-economy on September 30, 2016. Google ScholarSen, B, M Ahmed, M Yunus, and Z Ali. 2014. “Regional Inequality in Bangladesh: Re-Visiting the East-West Divide.” BIDS-REF Discussion Paper, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Dhaka. Google ScholarShilpi, F and S Emran. 2015. “Agricultural Productivity and Non-Farm Employment: Evidence from Bangladesh.” Draft, Columbia University, New York. Google ScholarSIGAR. 2014. “Quarterly Report to the United States Congress.” Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. SIGAR, Washington, DC. Google ScholarUNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). 2015. “Afghanistan Opium Survey 2015.” UNODC, Vienna. Google ScholarU.S. Department of Agriculture. 2016. “Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Growth Indices for Individual Countries, 1961–2014,” Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC. Google ScholarWard, C, D Mansfield, P Oldham, and W Byrd. 2008. “Afghanistan: Economic Incentives and Development Initiatives to Reduce Opium Production.” World Bank, Washington, DC. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6272. Google ScholarWorld Bank. 2016. “Fragility and Population Movement in Afghanistan.” World Bank-UNHCR Policy Brief. World Bank, Washington, DC. Google Scholar Previous chapterNext chapter FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetails View Published: February 2018ISBN: 978-1-4648-1265-1 Copyright & Permissions Related CountriesAfghanistanRelated TopicsRural Development KeywordsRURAL POPULATIONRURAL ECONOMYRURAL LABOR MARKETJOB CREATIONRISK AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSISR&V PDF DownloadLoading ...