Author: Ellis Lore KirkpatrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Recent Surveys Pertaining to Rural Youth ...
Author: Ellis Lore KirkpatrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Rural Youth in Farm Organization and Other National Agency Programs
Author: Ellis Lore KirkpatrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa
Author: J. E. SumbergPublisher: Cabi
ISBN: 9781789249828
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This book brings together recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy, imagine their futures and how development policies and interventions find traction (or not) with these realities. Through framing, overview and evidence-based chapters, it provides a critical perspective on current discourse, research and development interventions around youth and rural development. It is organised around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas; have no interest in agriculture; cannot access land; are stuck in permanent waithood; that the rural economy provides (or can provide) a wealth of opportunity; and that they can be the engine of rural transformation. It draws from existing literature and new analysis arising from several multi-country and multi-disciplinary studies, focusing on gender and other aspects of social difference. It is a major contribution to current debates and development policy about youth, agriculture and employment in rural Africa.
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Author: United States. Division of Vocational EducationPublisher:
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Category : Vocational education
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
Vocational Education Bulletin
Author: United States. Division of Vocational EducationPublisher:
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Category : Vocational education
Languages : en
Pages : 1242
Book Description
Vocational Division Bulletin
Author: Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa
Author: Valerie MuellerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192587315
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Sub-Saharan Africa's rural population is growing rapidly, and more young people are entering the labour market every year. This raises serious policy questions. Can rural economies absorb enough job seekers? Could better-educated youth transform Africa's rural economies by adopting new technologies and starting businesses? Are policymakers responding to the youth employment challenge? Or will there be widespread unemployment, social instability, and an exodus to cities and abroad? Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa: Beyond Stylized Facts uses survey data to build a nuanced understanding of the constraints and opportunities facing rural youth in Africa. Addressing the questions of Africa's rural youth is currently hampered by major gaps in our knowledge and stylized facts from cross-country trends or studies that do not focus on the core issues. Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa takes a different approach, drawing on household and firm surveys from selected African countries with an explicit focus on rural youth. It argues that a balance between alarm and optimism is warranted, and that Africa's "youth bulge" is not an unprecedented challenge. Jobs in rural areas are limited, but agriculture is transforming and youth are participating, adopting new technologies and running businesses. Governments have adopted youth employment as a priority, but policies often do not address the specific needs of rural populations. Youth and Jobs in Rural Africa emphasizes that by going beyond stylized facts and drawing on more granular analysis, we can design effective policies to turn Africa's youth problem into an opportunity for rural transformation.
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