Jeunesse et emploi en Afrique subsaharienne : Travailleurs mais pauvres, couverture rigide par H... 2024

Product Name: Jeunesse et emploi en Afrique subsaharienne : Travailleurs mais pauvres, couverture rigide par H... 2024
Book Title：Youth and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : Working but Poor ISBN：9780415859387 2024
Youth and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : Working but Poor, Hardcover by Hino, Hiroyuki (EDT); Ranis, Gustav (EDT), ISBN 0415859387, ISBN-13 9780415859387, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

It is widely acknowledged that youth unemployment is one of the most critical challenges facing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. This volume brings together an eminent group of international scholars to analyse the extent and complex nature of this joblessness, and offer a set of evidence-based policy choices that could contribute to solving the problem in the short- and long-run.

Part I reviews the existing literature on youth unemployment and underemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa from microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives, while Part II goes on to present detailed country studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa. These studies offer a deep understanding of the situation on the ground and consider country-specific solutions.

Throughout th it is argued that the standard ILO definition of unemployment is too narrow to correctly portray employment situations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Several alternative measures of unemployment are presented, which show that joblessness is far more pervasive than commonly assumed in the literature.

This volume will be of interest to academics and policy makers involved in African development.

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