Youth employment is not an entirely new topic for research and policy. Recent estimates from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) (2013a) suggest that high and rising unemployment rates among youth remain a key challenge to global development, especially in the developing world. This is particularly important in sub-Saharan Africa where about 85 percent of youth (defined by the ILO as all those between the ages of 15 and 24 years) are poor, 70 percent live in rural areas where agriculture is the main source for their income and subsistence, and 11 million youth are expected to enter the labor market every year for the next decade (World Bank 2014). These characteristics of youth in sub-Saharan Africa justify the centrality of the nex...
Each year, 10 million young Africans enter the continent’s workforce, more than ever before. Althoug...
With data from 683 systematically selected households, the study employed the Heckman two-stage mode...
Each year, 10 million young Africans enter the continent’s workforce, more than ever before. Althoug...
Youth employment is not an entirely new topic for research and policy. Recent estimates from the Int...
Youth employment in developing countries, particularly in connection with agricultural transformatio...
Youth employment in developing countries, particularly in connection with agricultural transformatio...
Policymakers in Nigeria and other countries in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) are relying on agric...
Employment and job creation especially among the youth remains a global issue. Though African youth ...
Available evidence suggests an ageing farming population in Nigeria, with an average age of 47 years...
Available evidence suggests an ageing farming population in Nigeria, with an average age of 47 years...
African continent is still faced with many challenges such as food insecurity, emerging effects of ...
Youth empowerment in agriculture has become a strategy to address the high rate of youth unemploymen...
This paper focuses on driving youth participation through agricultural sector development and fundin...
With data from 683 systematically selected households, the study employed the Heckman two-stage mode...
With data from 683 systematically selected households, the study employed the Heckman two-stage mode...
Each year, 10 million young Africans enter the continent’s workforce, more than ever before. Althoug...
With data from 683 systematically selected households, the study employed the Heckman two-stage mode...
Each year, 10 million young Africans enter the continent’s workforce, more than ever before. Althoug...
Youth employment is not an entirely new topic for research and policy. Recent estimates from the Int...
Youth employment in developing countries, particularly in connection with agricultural transformatio...
Youth employment in developing countries, particularly in connection with agricultural transformatio...
Policymakers in Nigeria and other countries in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) are relying on agric...
Employment and job creation especially among the youth remains a global issue. Though African youth ...
Available evidence suggests an ageing farming population in Nigeria, with an average age of 47 years...
Available evidence suggests an ageing farming population in Nigeria, with an average age of 47 years...
African continent is still faced with many challenges such as food insecurity, emerging effects of ...
Youth empowerment in agriculture has become a strategy to address the high rate of youth unemploymen...
This paper focuses on driving youth participation through agricultural sector development and fundin...
With data from 683 systematically selected households, the study employed the Heckman two-stage mode...
With data from 683 systematically selected households, the study employed the Heckman two-stage mode...
Each year, 10 million young Africans enter the continent’s workforce, more than ever before. Althoug...
With data from 683 systematically selected households, the study employed the Heckman two-stage mode...
Each year, 10 million young Africans enter the continent’s workforce, more than ever before. Althoug...
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