While jobs are central to reintegrating conflict-affected groups, reconstruction, peace building and tackling the serious human security threats unleashed by armed conflicts, the issue continues to receive inadequate coverage in post-conflict debate and action. This book examines the complex decent work deficits after armed conflicts and proposes an integrated strategy for addressing them. The contributions of several ILO staff and external consultants offer, together, a comprehensive picture of the key issues that require serious consideration as well as effective practical approaches that can be adopted. They cover, for example, the nature of the labour market and other features of the post-conflict situation; the heterogeneity of the crisis affected groups and their specific concerns, such as youth, women, refugees, internally displaced people and ex-combatants. In addition, this volume also includes a number of vivid country case studies from the different regions of the world, especially Africa which provide valuable lessons. For copies, please contact ILO's Crisis Response and Reconstruction Programme, CH-1211, Geneva 22.