Policies for youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Schwebel, David; Estruch, Elisenda; Wobst, Peter; and Grandelis, Ileana. 2019. Policies for youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts. Mueller, Valerie; and Thurlow, James (Eds.). Chapter 3, Pp. 47-74. New York, NY: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Oxford University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145552
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Chapter 3 reviews national policies in 13 African countries, and uses a novel approach to classify policies according to the employment constraints they address. One reason for the attention given to job creation is the belief that unemployed youth are a potential source of political instability and unrest.
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