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Does rural Africa have a “youth problem”?

author(s) Thurlow, James - Mueller, Valerie
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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regions
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Western Africa
  • Southern Africa
  • Northern Africa
citation

Thurlow, James; Mueller, Valerie, 'Does rural Africa have a “youth problem”?', Africa Report. First published online on February 11, 2020, Jeune Afrique Media Group, 2020

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Abstract

More than 20 million young people, aged 15-24 years, join the workforce in Africa south of the Sahara every year. These young job seekers will need to find work in today’s more competitive global economy, and not everyone thinks they will be successful.

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