Youth in Africa's Labor Market

Youth and Africa have received increased attention in recent policy discussions and World Bank work, as articulated in the Africa action plan and the World Development Report 2007: development and the next generation. The Africa action plan offers a framework to support critical policy and public action led by African countries to achieve well-defined goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The World Development report's main message is that the time has never been better to invest in young people living in developing countries. It offers a three pillar policy framework for investing in and preserving the human capital of the next generation. Both frameworks respond to the desire to find solutions to Africa's development challenges and to prepare for and benefit from the next generation of workers, parents, and leaders. This report examines the challenges Africa's youth face in their transition to working life and proposes policies for meeting these challenges. It presents evidence from case studies of 4 countries - Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda and from household data on 13 countries. The four case studies include a stocktaking of existing policies and programs to address youth employment and labor markets. The overarching message of the report is the call to further invest in the human capital of youth in Sub-Saharan Africa to take advantage of the large youth cohorts there. Youth in Africa leave school too early and enter the labor market unprepared, limiting their contribution to economic growth and increasing their vulnerability to poverty and economic hardship.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Garcia, Marito, Fares, Jean
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2008
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AGE GROUP, AGE GROUPS, AIDS ORPHANS, APPRENTICESHIP, AVERAGE AGE, BASIC EDUCATION, CARE OF CHILDREN, CHANGES IN FERTILITY, CHILD LABOR, CHILD WORKERS, CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISSEMINATION, DROPOUT, EARLY ADOLESCENCE, EARNING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT CREATION, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES, EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS, EMPLOYMENT SEARCH, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, ENROLLMENT, ENROLLMENT BY AGE, ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES, EPIDEMIC, ESTIMATED PROBABILITIES, FAMILIES, FAMILY LABOR, FAMILY MEMBERS, FEMALE EDUCATION, FEMALE EMPLOYMENT, FERTILITY RATES, FINDING EMPLOYMENT, FINDING WORK, FORMAL SCHOOLING, FUTURE GENERATIONS, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GIRLS, GLOBAL POPULATION, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, HEALTH RISKS, HIGH ILLITERACY RATES, HIV, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILL HEALTH, ILLITERACY, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT, INFORMAL SECTOR, INTERVENTIONS, INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN, JOB CREATION, JOB MARKET, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, JOB SEARCH, JOBS, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE, LABOR MARKET INDICATORS, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY, LABOR MARKETS, LABORERS, LABOUR, LAM, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL LABOR MARKET, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, LOW-INCOME COUNTRY, MALE COUNTERPARTS, MALE YOUTH, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MINISTRY OF LABOUR, MORTALITY, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NEW ENTRANTS, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY, OCCUPATIONS, OLD AGE, OLDER CHILDREN, ORPHANS, PAYING JOBS, POLICY CONCERN, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESPONSE, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION DIVISION, POPULATION INCREASES, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, POVERTY ERADICATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIMARY SOURCE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT, PRODUCTIVE WORK, PROGRESS, QUALITY EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, RATE OF GROWTH, REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT, RETAIL TRADE, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL RESIDENCE, RURAL RESIDENTS, RURAL WORKERS, RURAL YOUTH, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL TIME, SCHOOL YOUTH, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SELF-REGULATION, SERVICE SECTOR, SEX, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, SMALL ENTERPRISES, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, TECHNICAL TRAINING, TEENAGERS, TEENS, TEMPORARY JOBS, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRAINING PROGRAMS, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED YOUTH, UNEMPLOYMENT INDICATORS, UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN DWELLERS, URBAN POVERTY, URBAN WORKERS, URBAN YOUTH, VIOLENCE, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL SKILLS, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE, WAGE DIFFERENTIALS, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, WAR, WARS, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORK FORCE, WORK PROJECT, WORKER, WORKFORCE, WORLD POPULATION, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG FEMALES, YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG MALES, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG PERSON, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUTH, YOUTH ACCESS, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH LABOR, YOUTH POPULATION, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, YOUTH WORK,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9861712/youth-africas-labor-market http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6578
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