Jobs for Africa’s expanding youth cohort: a stocktaking of employment prospects and policy interventions

Abstract Youth unemployment and underemployment are serious concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, especially given the region’s young population. The barriers young people face stem both from skills deficiencies and from weak fundamentals that constrain job creation more generally in the region. Employmen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gordon Betcherman, Themrise Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-07-01
Series:IZA Journal of Development and Migration
Subjects:
J08
J10
J21
J46
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40176-018-0121-y