Youth Employment Programmes in Africa (Routledge Contemporary Africa)

Mabugu, Ramos E. (EDT)/ Ronconi, Lucas (EDT)

Routledge（2025/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 260 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781032964430
• DDC分類 331.34096

Full Description

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 programmes are effectively reaching vulnerable groups. This book tackles the problem of political clientelism in the allocation of benefits and considers the level of coordination that is taking place across programmes 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.

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Do Youth Employment Programmes in Ethiopia Produce the Desired Outcomes? An Empirical Review of Youth Employment Policies and Their Impacts Chapter 3: Empirical Review of Youth Employment Programmes in Ghana Chapter 4: Assessment of Youth Employment Programmes and their Impacts in Kenya Chapter 5: Factors of success and failure of youth employability in Niger Chapter 6: Empirical Review of Youth Employment Policies in Nigeria Chapter 7: A Comprehensive Review of Youth Employment Policies and Programmes in Rwanda Chapter 8: Challenges of Youth Employment Programmes in Senegal Chapter 9: Youth Employment Programmes in South Africa: Impact, Challenges, and Future Directions Impact Chapter 10: Review of Youth Employment Policies and Their Impact in Uganda Chapter 11: Youth Employment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthesis of Country Studies