Youth and employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : working but poor / edited by Hiroyuki Hino and Gustav Ranis.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Description
xxiv, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    Routledge studies in development economics ; 107. [More in this series]
    Summary note
    It is generally agreed that chronic and pervasive unemployment of the youth is one of the most critical challenges that African countries will need to address urgently. This volume brings together an eminent group of international scholars in order to take both a macroeconomic and a microeconomic perspective on this issue.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-397) and index.
    Contents
    • Foreword / Akihiko Tanaka Preface / Hiroyuki Hino and Gustav Ranis
    • Introduction and summary / Hiroyuki Hino, William Lyakurwa and Samuel Mwakubo
    • Review of literature and global practices
    • Macroeconomic perspectives / Gustav Ranis and Douglas Gollin
    • Microeconomic perspectives / Marianne Bertrand and Bruno Crepon
    • Country studies
    • Ethiopia / Nzinga H. Broussard, John Page and Tsegay Gebrekidan Tekleselassie, with Tadele Ferede and Hansa Teklay Reda
    • Ghana / Ernest Aryeetey, William Baah-Boateng, Charles Godfred Ackah, Kim Lehrer and Isaac Mbiti
    • Kenya / Boaz Munga, Othieno Nyanjom, Eldah Onsomu and Germano Mwabu
    • South Africa / Martin Abel, Megan Blair, Raissa Fabregas, Kamilla Gumede and Murray Leibbrandt.
    ISBN
    • 9780415859387 ((hardback))
    • 0415859387 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2013015359
    OCLC
    827972704
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