Africa Development Indicators 2008-09 : Youth and Employment in Africa--The Potential, the Problem, the Promise

The first part of the report presents stylized facts of youth and labor markets in Africa. The second part discusses past youth employment interventions in the region. It argues for the need of an integrated approach should governments want to tackle youth employment issues in a sustainable manner. Indeed, in African countries, with large informal sectors and dominance of rural population, solely reforming labor market institutions and implementing active labor market policies are likely to have limited impact. It argues that the most needed and well-rounded approaches are: expanding job and education alternatives in the rural areas, where most youth live; promoting and encouraging mobility; creating a conducive business environment; encouraging the private sector; improving the access and quality of skills formation; taking care of demographic issues that more directly affects the youth; and reducing child labor.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Publication biblioteca
Language:en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2009
Subjects:access to education, access to employment, active labor, active labor market, active labor market policies, age group, age groups, bargaining power, child labor, child mortality, citizen, citizens, Civil Society Organizations, Climate change, Consumer price index, craftsmen, creating jobs, demographic change, demographic transition, developing countries, development strategies, disadvantaged position, disadvantaged youth, discrimination, diseases, dissemination, early motherhood, earning, economic growth, economic shocks, educational attainment, educational level, educational levels, educational opportunities, employability, Employment, employment generation, employment opportunities, employment policies, employment probability, employment programs, employment prospects, employment protection legislation, employment services, employment situation, employment status, Employment Trends, Enterprise Training, environmental sustainability, fertility, first birth, first marriage, food insecurity, formal education, gender equity, Government policies, Gross domestic product, Gross enrollment ratio, Gross national income, high fertility rate, HIV, household enterprise, household survey, household work, human capital, Human development, human resources, Incidence of poverty, individual needs, industrialization, informal economy, informal sector, information systems, institutional capacity, International trade, job creation, job experience, job matches, job opportunities, job placement, job search, job seekers, job status, jobs, Journalists, labor demand, Labor force, Labor force participation, labor intensity, labor law, labor market, labor market conditions, labor market efficiency, labor market information, labor market institutions, labor market outcomes, Labor market regulations, labor markets, labor productivity, labor regulations, labor supply, Labour, Labour Force, Labour Markets, lack of information, legal status, level of education, levels of education, life expectancy, living standards, malaria, maternal health, merchants, migrant, migrants, migration, Millennium Development Goal, national development, non-farm sector, number of children, occupation, old tradition, older people, older workers, peace, performance indicator, Policy response, poor families, poor people, Post-conflict settings, post-program outcomes, poverty eradication, primary education, primary level, primary school, Private sector, productive employment, productivity growth, productivity improvements, program design, progress, public policy, public services, public works, public works program, Purchasing Power, Purchasing Power Parity, quality of education, rural areas, rural development, rural population, rural poverty, rural productivity, rural residents, rural workers, rural youth, sanitation, school age, secondary education, self employment, sensitive policies, service sector, Sex, short term employment, skills assessment, skills development, smallholders, social sector, subsistence farming, suppliers, sustainable development, tertiary education, total employment, training centers, training course, training programs, training provider, training providers, training services, Transportation, unemployed, unemployed people, unemployed workers, unemployed youth, Unemployment, unemployment rate, unemployment spells, universal primary education, Unpaid family workers, urban areas, urban workers, Vocational Education, vocational training, vulnerability, Wage employment, wage sector, war, water resources, women entrepreneurs, work force, worker, workers, Working conditions, working population, world population, Young male, young men, young people, young populations, Young women, young workers, youth employment, youth labor, youth participation, youth unemployment,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12350
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