Africa's “youth employment” crisis is actually a “missing jobs” crisis

J Sumberg, L Fox, J Flynn, P Mader… - Development Policy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Motivation The Sustainable Development Goals target decent work for all, including
youth, by 2030. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), however, a “youth employment crisis” is now …

Achieving disability inclusive employment–Are the current approaches deep enough?

J Shaw, M Wickenden, S Thompson… - Journal of International …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Diverse approaches to promoting disability inclusive employment aim to transform
workplaces into truly inclusive environments, usually with intervention strategies targeting …

Young people, livelihood building and the transformation of African agriculture: A reality check

J Sumberg, C Holland-Szyp, T Yeboah, M Oosterom… - Global Food …, 2024 - Elsevier
Implications The broad synthesis outlined above suggests that it is now time to re-consider
the framings, narratives and evidence that underpin policy, as well as policy content. In this …

The labor market impact of inflation uncertainty: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Y Kassouri - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, monetary policy has been receiving increasing attention in the
explanation of the raising share of unemployment in developing countries, especially in the …

Toward sustainable urbanization: Understanding the dynamics of urban sprawl and food (in) security of indigenous households in peri-urban Wa, Ghana

IA Abdulai, ED Kuusaana, A Ahmed - Journal of Urban Affairs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study responds to the limited literature on the effects of urban sprawl on food security in
Ghanaian cities. As the study sought to understand the characteristics, drivers, and …

Building an equitable future? BRAC's STAR program and young women's economic empowerment in Bangladesh

N Banks, N Jahan, T Rahman, A Tabassum… - Development in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Equitable futures depend upon better employment outcomes for young women. We use a
skills ecosystems approach to explore how youth skills development programs can …

Work and rural livelihoods: the micro dynamics of Africa's 'youth employment crisis'

M Carreras, J Sumberg, A Saha - The European Journal of Development …, 2021 - Springer
While it is widely accepted that Africa is experiencing a youth employment crisis, the nature
of the crisis is disputed. In relation to rural youth, the crisis is variously framed in term so …

Youth political mobilization: violence, intimidation, and patronage in Zimbabwe

G Maringira, S Gukurume - Political Psychology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we argue that the “making” and deployment of political violence can be
construed as hard work, in which political elites mobilize those from below to sustain their …

[HTML][HTML] Up-skilling women or de-skilling patriarchy? How TVET can drive wider gender transformation and the decent work agenda in Sub-Saharan Africa

R Wignall, B Piquard, E Joel - International Journal of Educational …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite decades of focus on gender and skills training, the Technical and Vocational
Education and Training (TVET) landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa remains deeply gendered …

'Not All of Us Can Be Nurses': Proposing and Resisting Entrepreneurship Education in Rural Lesotho

C Dungey, N Ansell - Sociological Research Online, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Education in Lesotho, as in much of the world, has historically held out the promise of a
'better future'. Success in school and the achievement of academic credentials were …