This is a joint IFPRI-WFP study on the drivers, profile, and risks of irregular migration in the West Africa context.

Using the SAM multiplier model for Egypt, we simulate the individual and combined effects of a collapse in the tourism sector and reductions in Suez Canal revenues and in foreign remittances under more and less pessimistic scenarios.

Egypt’s recent economic success will almost certainly be interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

African governments have made youth employment a policy priority, and African youth are demanding policies that improve their job prospects.

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 10 concludes by summarizing the major findings and discusses their implications for youth employment and inclusive growth in rural Africa.

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.

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 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