Youth Employment Programmes in Africa / edited by Ramos E. Mabugu and Lucas Ronconi.

Introduction / Ramos E. Mabugu and Lucas Ronconi -- Do Youth Employment Programs in Ethiopia Produce the Desired Outcomes? An Empirical Review of Youth Employment Policies and Their Impacts / Tsega Gebrekristos Mezgebo, Zerihun Berhane Weldegebriel, Selamawit Weldeslassie Gebrehiwot, Habtamu Adane Legas and Lissan Meless -- Empirical Review of Youth Employment Programs in Ghana / Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Thomas Yeboah, Nkechi S. Owoo, Marjan Petreski, Edward Asiedu, Ernest Berko, Mohammed Zakaria, Catherine Koranchie and Yaw Nsiah Agyemang -- Assessment of Youth Employment Policies and their Impacts in Kenya / Eldah Onsomu, Boaz Munga, Violet Nyabaro, Melap Sitati, Tom Oduol, Sharon Wanyama -- Factors of Success and Failure of Youth Employability in Niger / Saadatou Alkassoum Sangare, Sanoussi Ibrahim Oumarou and Arnault Christian Emini -- Empirical Review of Youth Employment Policies in Nigeria / Oluwasola E. Omoju, Emily E. Ikhide, Iyabo A. Olanrele, Lucy E. Abeng, Marjan Petreski, Francis O. Adebayo, Itohan Odigie, Ameenah Muhammad and Claude Singozan -- A Comprehensive Review of Youth Employment Policies and Programmes in Rwanda / Luqman Afolabi, Evariste Gahima, Radjab Nyabyenda and Eugenia Kayitesi -- Challenges of Youth Employment Programs in Senegal / Thierno Malick Diallo, Abdoulaye Dieye, Lucas Ronconi and Claude Sinzogan -- Youth Employment Programmes in South Africa: Impact, Challenges, and Future Directions / Margaret R. Chitiga-Mabugu, Jessika Bohlmann, Christelle Meniago, Kehinde O. Omotoso, Ramos E. Mabugu and Thembelihle Monareng -- Review of Youth Employment Policies and Their Impact in Uganda / Edward Bbaale, Peter Babyenda, Susan Kavuma, Anitah Kyamugabwa, Brenda Kiconco, Hennery Sebukeera, Nakigudde Claire, Ramos E. Mabugu and Stephen Wainaina -- Youth Employment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

This book investigates youth employment programmes across nine African countries, providing important insights into the world's youngest continent by population, in which 60% of people are aged under 25. By 2050, the labour force in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to be almost double the size of the labour force in high-income countries, representing a massive shift in the world's working population, and providing a significant challenge for job creation. In this book, contributors bring together insights from more than 500 in-depth interviews and 1,500 focus group participants to consider whether youth employment programs are effectively reaching vulnerable groups. The book tackles the problem of political clientelism in the allocation of benefits and considers the level of coordination that is taking place across programs and political institutions. Combining rich empirical findings with data about labour market outcomes and institutions, this book will be an important read for researchers wishing to understand the political economy of youth employment policy in Africa

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