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Sudan: In‑Depth Gender‑Sensitive Joint Labour Market Assessment (LMA)
Executive summary
In Sudan, widespread destruction of economic infrastructure and key productive sectors has sharply reduced livelihood opportunities and labour demand. A stronger youth livelihoods response must address both young people’s barriers to accessing work and enterprises’ capacity to create and sustain jobs. The In-Depth Gender-Sensitive Joint Labour Market Assessment (LMA) provides humanitarian and development actors, donors and local authorities with a shared evidence base to guide this response across nine Sudanese states.
The European Union-funded LMA was produced by the Danish Refugee Council and Mercy Corps under the EMPOWER Consortium, with leadership from IMPACT Initiatives. Drawing on surveys and key informant interviews involving more than 2,500 young people and nearly 1,000 employers including small businesses, it identifies thirteen priority sector pathways and two recurring constraints: limited access to finance and shortages of suitably skilled workers.
The LMA sets out eleven evidence-informed recommendations, including subsidised placements, dual apprenticeships, inclusive financial services and improved access to higher-earning work for young women. Donors and programme actors should use these findings to prioritise investment that connects skills development to viable market opportunities, expands access to finance and strengthens enterprises’ capacity to sustain employment. Expanding young women’s access to higher-earning work should be a central priority within this response.
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