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Youth in Africa's labor market

Farès, Jean, Garcia, Marito

2008

Overview

The authors examine the challenges facing Africa's youth in their transition from school to working life, and propose a strategy for meeting these challenges. Topics covered include the effect of education on employment and income, broadening employment opportunities, and enhancing youth capabilities. Labor is the most abundant asset of poor households in Africa. Developing this asset is therefore essential to helping households move out of poverty. Strengthening the work force can also improve the investment climate, increase economic growth, and prevent instability and violence, particularly in postconflict situations, where large numbers of unemployed youth threaten security.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC : World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO EDUCATION / Access to employment / ACCESS TO INFORMATION / Africa / Africa South of the Sahara / Afrika / AGE GROUP / AGE GROUPS / AIDS ORPHANS / APPRENTICESHIP / Arbeit/Beschäftigung / Arbeitsmarkt / Arbeitsprogramm / Ausbildung/Berufliche Bildung / AVERAGE AGE / BASIC EDUCATION / Bildung/Erziehung / Burkina Faso / CARE OF CHILDREN / Case studies / CHANGES IN FERTILITY / CHILD LABOR / CHILD WORKERS / Cross-national analysis / CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA / DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES / DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS / DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURE / DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DISSEMINATION / DROPOUT / EARLY ADOLESCENCE / EARNING / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC SHOCKS / Education / EDUCATION SECTOR / EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT / EDUCATIONAL LEVEL / EDUCATIONAL LEVELS / EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES / EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION / Einkommen / EMPLOYEE / Employment / EMPLOYMENT CREATION / EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES / EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES / EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS / EMPLOYMENT SEARCH / EMPLOYMENT STATUS / ENROLLMENT / ENROLLMENT BY AGE / ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES / EPIDEMIC / ESTIMATED PROBABILITIES / Ethiopia / FAMILIES / FAMILY LABOR / FAMILY MEMBERS / FEMALE EDUCATION / FEMALE EMPLOYMENT / FERTILITY RATES / FINDING EMPLOYMENT / FINDING WORK / FORMAL SCHOOLING / Freizeit / FUTURE GENERATIONS / GENDER DIFFERENCES / GIRLS / GLOBAL POPULATION / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / GROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT / HEALTH RISKS / HIGH ILLITERACY RATES / HIV / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HOUSEHOLD POVERTY / HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES / HOUSEHOLD SIZE / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS / HUMAN CAPITAL / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / ILL HEALTH / ILLITERACY / IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT / INFORMAL SECTOR / INTERVENTIONS / INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN / JOB CREATION / JOB MARKET / JOB OPPORTUNITIES / JOB SEARCH / JOBS / Jugendliche/Junge Menschen / Junge Arbeitskräfte / Kinderarbeit / LABOR DEMAND / LABOR FORCE / LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION / LABOR MARKET / Labor market -- Africa / LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE / LABOR MARKET INDICATORS / LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES / LABOR MARKET POLICIES / LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY / LABOR MARKETS / LABORERS / LABOUR / Labour market / LAM / LEGAL STATUS / LEVEL OF EDUCATION / LEVELS OF EDUCATION / LIVING CONDITIONS / LIVING STANDARDS / LOCAL LABOR MARKET / LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES / LOW-INCOME COUNTRY / Länderbezogene Beiträge / MALE COUNTERPARTS / MALE YOUTH / MIGRATION / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MINISTRY OF LABOUR / MORTALITY / NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS / NEW ENTRANTS / NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS / OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY / OCCUPATIONS / OLD AGE / OLDER CHILDREN / ORPHANS / PAYING JOBS / POLICY CONCERN / POLICY DIALOGUE / POLICY DISCUSSIONS / POLICY FRAMEWORK / POLICY IMPLICATIONS / POLICY MAKERS / POLICY RESPONSE / POOR HOUSEHOLDS / POPULATION DIVISION / POPULATION INCREASES / POPULATION PROJECTIONS / POVERTY ERADICATION / POVERTY REDUCTION / PRIMARY COMPLETION / PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIMARY SCHOOL / PRIMARY SCHOOLING / PRIMARY SOURCE / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT / PRODUCTIVE WORK / PROGRESS / QUALITY EDUCATION / QUALITY OF EDUCATION / RATE OF GROWTH / REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT / RETAIL TRADE / RETURNS TO EDUCATION / RURAL AREAS / RURAL RESIDENCE / RURAL RESIDENTS / RURAL WORKERS / RURAL YOUTH / SCHOOL ATTENDANCE / SCHOOL SYSTEM / SCHOOL TIME / SCHOOL YOUTH / SCHOOLS / SECONDARY EDUCATION / SECONDARY SCHOOL / SELF-REGULATION / SERVICE SECTOR / SEX / SKILL DEVELOPMENT / SKILLS DEVELOPMENT / SMALL ENTERPRISES / SOCIAL AFFAIRS / SOCIAL CONDITIONS / Tanzania UR / TECHNICAL TRAINING / TEENAGERS / TEENS / TEMPORARY JOBS / TERTIARY EDUCATION / TRAINING PROGRAMS / Transition from school to work / Uganda / UNEMPLOYED / UNEMPLOYED YOUTH / UNEMPLOYMENT INDICATORS / UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM / UNEMPLOYMENT RATE / UNEMPLOYMENT RATES / UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS / UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION / UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS / URBAN AREAS / URBAN DWELLERS / URBAN POVERTY / URBAN WORKERS / URBAN YOUTH / VIOLENCE / VOCATIONAL EDUCATION / VOCATIONAL SKILLS / VULNERABILITY / VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE / WAGE DIFFERENTIALS / WAGE EMPLOYMENT / WAGES / WAR / WARS / WORK EXPERIENCE / WORK FORCE / WORK PROJECT / WORKER / WORKFORCE / Working life / WORLD POPULATION / YOUNG ADULTS / YOUNG FEMALES / YOUNG GIRLS / YOUNG MALES / YOUNG MEN / YOUNG PEOPLE / YOUNG PERSON / YOUNG WOMEN / Young workers / YOUTH / Youth -- Africa -- Social conditions / Youth -- Employment -- Africa / YOUTH ACCESS / YOUTH EMPLOYMENT / YOUTH LABOR / YOUTH POPULATION / YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT / YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE / YOUTH WORK
• ISBN: 0821368842, 9780821368848, 0821368850, 9780821368855