Refugees who mean business: Economic activities in and around the Rohingya settlements in Bangladesh
Refugee sites throughout the world are loci of economic activity, including small enterprises, but limited information exists on these.
Refugee sites throughout the world are loci of economic activity, including small enterprises, but limited information exists on these.
The share of working-age young people in Africa south of the Sahara has risen due to past declines in mortality coupled with high fertility.
Chapter 8 combine household and firm level analysis for Tanzania to examine what determines the success of rural nonfarm enterprises, including the role of young entrepreneurs.
Chapter 5 focuses on Ethiopia’s land constraints and asks if this is driving youth off the farm and into the rural nonfarm economy.
Chapter 9 on Senegal pays particular attention to international migration and whether young migrants are contributing to rural transformation in their home country.
Chapter 10 concludes by summarizing the major findings and discusses their implications for youth employment and inclusive growth in rural Africa.
Chapter 6 addresses Malawi’s weak agricultural transformation, and asks if rural households, particularly youth, are engaging in multiple forms of employment that may not be adequately reflected in national data.
Chapter 2 uses new household survey data to investigate youth migration patterns in four African countries, paying particular attention to the effect of land scarcity on young people’s decision to migrate to urban centres.
Chapter 7 reflects Ghana’s later stage of development by focusing on the link between urban development and the livelihoods available to rural youth living close to cities or towns.
Chapter 3 reviews national policies in 13 African countries, and uses a novel approach to classify policies according to the employment constraints they address.
Chapter 4 examines whether African youth are more politically engaged than their older counterparts, and to what extent their demands for political action are motivated by concerns about jobs and unemployment.
Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa are under enormous pressure to create more and better jobs for the region’s young and rapidly growing population.1 Africa is undergoing a ‘youth bulge’ in which the share of young people in the working age populat
Understanding the impact of rural-urban migration on both consumption and sectoral choice in rural China.