Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

High fertility and declining mortality rates have led to a very young population in most Sub-Saharan African countries. The region?s labor force is expected to increase by 11 million people per year over the next 10 years. Most of this increase will be new entrants seeking their first job. While the younger generation is better educated than their parents, they often lack the means to translate that education into productive employment. Today, most work is in nonwage jobs on farms and in household enterprises. Even if greater economic activity were to create the conditions for robust growth an

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Filmer, Deon
Other Persons:	Fox, Louise (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington : World Bank Publications
Subject:	Junge Arbeitskräfte \| Young workers \| Subsahara-Afrika \| Sub-Saharan Africa \| Erwerbstätigkeit \| Employment \| Arbeitsmarkt \| Labour market

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (283 p)
Series:	Africa Development Forum
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Overview: Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa's Large Youth Population; Growth, Jobs, and Africa's Labor Force-Now and in the Future; Figures; 0.1 The structure of Sub-Saharan Africa's population is different than that in other regions; Boxes; 0.1 What is a "job"?; 0.2 Over the past two decades, agriculture's share in GDP contracted in Africa, but manufacturing did not replace it; 0.3 Where are Africans working?; Youth's Transition to Productive Employment 0.2 The youth employment challenge in resource-rich and some middle-income countries in Africa0.4 Informal will be normal in 2020; 0.3 What will happen to employment if light manufacturing increases dramatically in Africa?; Policy Priorities for Addressing Youth Employment; 0.4 Youth employment versus overall employment; 0.5 The transition from school to work in Sub-Saharan Africa is slow; 0.5 Framework for analyzing youth employment; 0.6 Family formation starts earlier for young women than for young men; Human Capital: The Fundamental Role of Basic Education 0.7 Education shapes opportunitiesRaising the Productivity of Smallholder Farmers; 0.6 Does labor need to move out of agriculture as productivity grows?; Tables; B0.6.1 Increase in crop area harvested, agricultural labor force, and output per worker in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960-2008 and 1990-2008; 0.8 Young people are unlikely to own land; Increasing the Productivity of Nonfarm Household Enterprises; 0.9 At the same level of income per capita, national policies can produce very different levels of financial inclusion; Improving Competitiveness to Boost Modern Sector Wage Jobs 0.10 The share of youth in wage employment tracks the share in the general populationBuilding an Effective Youth Employment Policy; Notes; References; 0.1 Priority actions to take now to address the youth employment challenge; 1 Opportunities and Challenges for Youth Employment in Africa; Africa's Working-Age Population: Very Young and Growing Rapidly; Can Africa's Youth Bring an Economic Advantage?; 1.1 Africa's population is young and will remain so; 1.2 The structure of Sub-Saharan Africa's population is different than that in other regions 1.3 Unlike in other regions, the number of young people in Sub-Saharan Africa will increase dramatically in the near futureWhat Is a Job, and Where Do Most Africans Find One?; 1.4 In East Asia, the dependency ratio changed quickly; in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is changing, but slowly; 1.1 Youth versus overall employment; 1.5 The reduction in the total fertility rate has stalled in several African countries; Growth, Jobs, and Africa's Labor Force-Now and in the Future; 1.6 Africa's growth miracle, 2005-12 1.7 Over the past two decades, agriculture's share in GDP contracted in Africa, but manufacturing did not replace it
ISBN:	978-1-4648-0107-5 ; 978-1-4648-0108-2
Other identifiers:	hdl:10986/16608 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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