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

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 079.6 Journalism and newspapers in other geographic areas
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC, 2013
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 236090
• Chủ đề: 1. access to education; 2. access to employment; 3. active labor; 4. active labor market; 5. active labor market policies

Tóm tắt

 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.