Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sustainable development target 8.6 missed and reset

K Cieslik, A Barford, B Vira - Journal of Youth Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal 8, Target 8.6, represents a direct commitment to
improving the dramatic labour market situation of young people by substantially reducing the …

Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Perception, Constraints, and Skill Training Interventions in Africa: A Systematic Review

M Boye, A Ghafoor, AH Wudil, M Usman, P Prus… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The participation of young people in agriculture is crucial in generating job opportunities and
fostering the growth of agri-food systems in developing countries, particularly in Africa. This …

Influencing factors for pursuing agriculture as a career for agriculture undergraduates: a two-stage approach

SK Roy - Entrepreneurship Education, 2023 - Springer
The study's goal was to determine the variables that were linked to university students'
intentions to pursue agricultural-related employment. Quantitative data was gathered from …

[PDF][PDF] Scavenging for survival and its health implications. the nexus between unemployment and ill-health

CG Iwu, FI Eze, AP Opute, GU Dongo… - WSEAS Transactions on …, 2020 - wseas.com
According to a popular adage, when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. With
unemployment on the constant increase in South Africa, people are becoming more …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges of apprenticeship development and youth unemployment in Nigeria

TA Fajobi, OO Olatujoye, OI Amusa, A Adedoyin - Social Crimonol, 2017 - academia.edu
This study essentially seeks to understand the importance of apprenticeship training to
development in Nigeria, factors responsible for decline in apprenticeship development and …

Modeling trade openness–unemployment nexus in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of asymmetries

A Abdul-Mumuni, K Amakye, AL Abukari… - African Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose While several existing panel studies have focused on the linear specifications of
the nexus between trade openness and unemployment, nonlinear panel studies on this …

Origins and destinations known: A tracer study of international African doctoral graduates from South Africa's universities

M Kahn, J Oghenetega - Industry and Higher Education, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The mobility of the highly skilled, summarized as brain drain, brain circulation and brain
gain, remains a contentious issue for policy. Even so, the evidence base to inform policy …

Mapping hope: How do vulnerable youth locate hope in informal settlements?

JC Harris, S Little - Urban Forum, 2019 - Springer
This paper contributes to lines of scholarship that both seek to interrogate the notion of hope
within African urbanization as well as the integration of the needs of urban youth. It …

Finance and demand for skill: Evidence from Uganda

T Beck, M Homanen, BR Uras - The Journal of Development …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We explore the empirical interaction between firm growth, financing constraints, and job
creation. Using a novel small-business survey from Uganda, we find that the extent to which …

Global laborscapes of youth unemployment: Introduction

T Mayer, S Moorti, JK McCallum - The crisis of global youth …, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
The reason for the increase in global unemployment rates varies by place and over time, but
the common thread appears to be neoliberal policies, privatization, and shrinking …