Jobs and livelihoods in developing countries: Donors, NGOs and the micro-macro linkages

Commissioned by Voluntary Services Overseas, the world’s leading independent international development organisation working through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries, this paper by our directors Stephen Commins and Brendan Martin explores a range of political economy issues that affect job creation, livelihoods and decent work, and discusses how they find expression in the activities of international institutions and NGOs. (2012)