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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018-07-01
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| Series: | IZA Journal of Development and Migration |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40176-018-0121-y |