Rural Youth Employment in Africa: An Evidence Review
Most of the world’s poor today are found in rural Africa, and forecasts suggest that this concentration might become more pronounced...
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Most of the world’s poor today are found in rural Africa, and forecasts suggest that this concentration might become more pronounced...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper explores policy and legislation aimed at preventing, regulating, and abolishing harmful children’s work in Ghana, and the political debates and controversies surrounding these mechanisms. The paper critically interrogates the successes and challenges of previous and current policies and interventions.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper synthesises the available literature on the forms, prevalence and drivers of children’s work, and evidence of harm associated with children’s work in shallot production on the Keta Peninsula, Ghana.
This paper is concerned with how rural young people in Ghana engage with or are affected by two processes closely associated with rural...
This article is concerned with the precarious employment situations of migrant youth and the supportive role of social networks. It...
Published by: IDS
Who are the youth and what is the problem? Are entrepreneurship and self-employment the solution? And what about youth aspirations? Such questions are addressed in this issue of the IDS Bulletin, drawing from the literature on how development research affects policy and noting that it says little about how young researchers move into policy engagement.
Published by: IDS
Poverty and poor livelihood prospects are driving tens of thousands of young people from rural northern regions to southern cities in Ghana in the hope of achieving better jobs and greater social mobility.