book chapter

Policies for youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

by David Schwebel,

Elisenda Estruch,

Peter Wobst and

Ileana Grandelis

2019 | Pages: 28

Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)oxford university press

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848059.003.0003

Open Access | CC BY-NC-4.0

Citation

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://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198848059.003.0003

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.