Every year millions of young adults join the labor market in Africa. This paper uses the Jobs of the World Database to … compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are … similar at similar levels of development but young adults in Africa are less likely to have a salaried job, especially when …

Youth unemployment and underemployment are serious concerns in sub-Saharan Africa, especially given the region’s young … creation more generally in the region. Employment interventions can mitigate some of these barriers. However, our stocktaking … not adequately reflect the reality that most young people work in agriculture, household enterprises, and self-employment …

countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and we examine how this has evolved over recent years, based on the data collected by … most countries, so that agriculture is still the dominant sector of employment for most young men and women. We model …

This paper provides a literature review on youth employment challenges in rural Africa. The rapidly changing …-intensive nature. Farming and self-employment in the agri-food sector are the dominant categories of youth employment in rural areas of … employment. So far, despite sustained economic growth, African countries have not been successful in absorbing the fast …