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Improvements of livelihoods of vulnerable households in urban and peri-urban areas of Galkayo - Final evaluation

eval_number:

2489

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2489

good_practices:

replication:

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cause_effect:

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themes:

theme:

Labour intensive employment

category:

Employment

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context:

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description:

Galkayo, like other towns in Somalia, continues to experience an influx of migrants in search of better livelihoods following the protracted war. Market systems had deteriorated over the years and could no longer attract investors. The capacity of local authorities was also too weak to support growth of local economy. This resulted in high levels of unemployment, in a town whose infrastructure could hardly support economic growth. Key among the catalysts to economic growth was development and rehabilitation of economic infrastructure such as roads and markets so as to facilitate the access to markets and social amenities. While it would have been possible to use equipment intensive approaches to implement the infrastructure works, the project sought use the employment intensive approach. This quickly led to creation of short term jobs. In so doing cash was injected into the economy through this went into addressing the household needs of the people. Overtime, money saved from these jobs was used by some to start small businesses, which led to more long term jobs for them or their kin. Workers also gained skills which they utilized to access job opportunities.

links:

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indicators:

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url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/practices/214044

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location:

country:

Somalia

region:

Africa

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eval_title:

Improvements of livelihoods of vulnerable households in urban and peri-urban areas of Galkayo - Final evaluation