The creation of good jobs and decent work in conflict-affected places is
widely seen to generate not just wealthier economies, but also safer
societies and more legitimate states. However, a lot of policy thinking
about job creation is dominated by technical approaches more concerned
with balancing supply and demand than with serious analysis of the
role of institutions, identity and power in mediating access to
opportunities.
Drawing on qualitative data this study seeks to generate evidence on how
urban labour markets actually work through an investigation of young
people’s participation in the catering sector of Lira – a large and
expanding town in post-conflict northern Uganda.
Richard Mallett, Teddy Atim