Around 2031, Africa’s working-age population will pass the 1-billion threshold. This growing workforce will require decent productive employment. So far, Africa’s economies have largely failed to create stable and well-paid jobs. For any one person working in the formal private sector, 10...

Um 2031 wird die erwerbsfähige Bevölkerung Afrikas die Marke von einer Milliarde überschreiten. Diese wachsende Erwerbsbevölkerung braucht menschenwürdige und produktive Arbeitsplätze. Bisher ist es den afrikanischen Volkswirtschaften zumeist nicht gelungen, stabile und gut bezahlte...

The EU candidate and potential candidate countries have made considerable progress in economic transition and integration into the world economy within less than two decades. Nevertheless, gaps in terms of income per capita relative to the euro area remain large. This suggests that the...