PART THREE Exploring poverty and livelihoods in Jerash camp ................................... 77 UNRWA archive photos of Jerash camp................................................................................. 79 Contemporary photos of Jerash camp .................................................................................. 80 7 Jerash camp and the local labour market ................................................................. 85 History and location of Jerash camp ..................................................................................... 85 The local labour market in Jerash governorate and the public sector gap.......................... 86 8 Jerash residents’ work and livelihoods..................................................................... 89 UNRWA as alternative public sector ...................................................................................... 89 The private sector................................................................................................................... 90 Discouragement and disillusionment.................................................................................. 106 9 Moving out of Jerash camp .................................................................................... 109 Cost and ownership.............................................................................................................. 110 Sociality and networks ......................................................................................................... 111 10 Precarious strategies ........................................................................................... 113 Acquiring citizenship through marriage .............................................................................. 113 Registering land, property, and businesses in citizens’ names .......................................... 114 Pursuing higher education for work and migration ............................................................ 116 Debt and pooling of resources ............................................................................................. 121 11 Concluding remarks............................................................................................. 125 Annex: tables for figures .......................................................................................... 129 Bibliography............................................................................................................ 137 Fafo Report 2019:34 4