1st Edition
Youth Employment Programmes in Africa
Chapter 1: Introduction
Ramos E. Mabugu and Lucas Ronconi
Chapter 2: Do Youth Employment Programs in Ethiopia Produce the Desired Outcomes? An Empirical Review of Youth Employment Policies and Their Impacts
Tsega Gebrekristos Mezgebo, Zerihun Berhane Weldegebriel, Selamawit Weldeslassie Gebrehiwot, Habtamu Adane Legas and Lissan Meless
Chapter 3: Empirical Review of Youth Employment Programs in Ghana
Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Thomas Yeboah. Nkechi S. Owoo, Marjan Petreski, Edward Asiedu, Ernest Berko, Mohammed Zakaria, Catherine Koranchie and Yaw Nsiah Agyemang
Chapter 4: Assessment of Youth Employment Policies and their Impacts in Kenya
Eldah Onsomu, Boaz Munga, Violet Nyabaro, Melap Sitati, Tom Oduol, Sharon Wanyama
Chapter 5: Factors of Success and Failure of Youth Employability in Niger
Saadatou Alkassoum Sangare, Sanoussi Ibrahim Oumarou and Arnault Christian Emini
Chapter 6: Empirical Review of Youth Employment Policies in Nigeria
Oluwasola E. Omoju, Emily E. Ikhide, Iyabo A. Olanrele, Lucy E. Abeng, Marjan Petreski, Francis O. Adebayo, Itohan Odigie Ameenah Muhammad and Claude Singozan
Chapter 7: A Comprehensive Review of Youth Employment Policies and Programmes in Rwanda
Luqman Afolabi, Evariste Gahima, Radjab Nyabyenda and Eugenia Kayitesi
Chapter 8: Challenges of Youth Employment Programs in Senegal
Thierno Malick Diallo, Abdoulaye Dieye, Lucas Ronconi, and Claude Sinzogan
Chapter 9: Youth Employment Programmes in South Africa: Impact, Challenges, and Future Directions
Margaret R. Chitiga-Mabugu; Jessika Bohlmann; Christelle Meniago; Kehinde O. Omotoso; Ramos E. Mabugu and Thembelihle Monareng
Chapter 10: Review of Youth Employment Policies and Their Impact in Uganda
Edward Bbaale; Peter Babyenda; Susan Kavuma; Anitah Kyamugabwa; Brenda Kiconco; Hennery Sebukeera, Nakigudde Claire, Ramos E. Mabugu and Stephen Wainaina
Chapter 11: Youth Employment Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Synthesis of Country Studies
Ramos E. Mabugu, Lucas Ronconi and Jorge Dávalos
Biography
Ramos E. Mabugu is Professor of Economics at Sol Plaatje University, South Africa. He is also a senior researcher at Stellenbosch University and a research fellow at the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Kenya. He completed his PhD in economics from Gothenburg University. He has written widely on economics and economic policy in leading academic economic journals, books, and popular press. He has been a consultant for many international organisations, as well as advising governments on economic matters. Prior to joining Sol Plaatje University, Mabugu headed the research and policy division at the Financial and Fiscal Commission and lectured at the Universities of Pretoria and Zimbabwe, having started his early career as a banker with Standard Bank.
Lucas Ronconi is Professor of Economics at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also a research fellow at the Argentine National Research Council, CONICET, a non-resident research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor, Germany, and at PEP, Kenya. His main research interest is Labour Market Institutions in developing countries, with a focus on enforcement. His research has been published in several journals, including Industrial Relations, Journal of Development Economics, and World Development.
