| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Development Economics |
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Routledge studies in development economics.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Akihiko Tanaka Preface / Hiroyuki Hino and Gustav Ranis -- Introduction and summary / Hiroyuki Hino, William Lyakurwa and Samuel Mwakubo -- Review of literature and global practices -- Macroeconomic perspectives / Gustav Ranis and Douglas Gollin -- Microeconomic perspectives / Marianne Bertrand and Bruno Crepon -- Country studies -- Ethiopia / Nzinga H. Broussard, John Page and Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie, with Tadele Ferede and Hansa Teklay Reda -- Ghana / Ernest Aryeetey, William Baah-Boateng, Charles Godfred Ackah, Kim Lehrer and Isaac Mbiti -- Kenya / Boaz Munga, Othieno Nyanjom, Eldah Onsomu and Germano Mwabu -- South Africa / Martin Abel, Megan Blair, Raissa Fabregas, Kamilla Gumede and Murray Leibbrandt |
| Summary |
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 st |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Youth -- Employment -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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Youth -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions
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Youth -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions
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Poverty -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Poverty
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Youth -- Economic conditions
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Youth -- Employment
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Youth -- Social conditions
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hino, Hiroyuki, 1945-
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Ranis, Gustav
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| ISBN |
9781135127848 |
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1135127840 |
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9780203798935 |
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0203798937 |
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1306860865 |
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9781306860864 |
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