Youth And The Local Unemployment Agenda
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Youth Employment Programs in Ghana
Author | : Christabel Dadzie |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 83 |
Release | : 2020-09-04 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1464815798 |
Unemployment and underemployment are global development challenges. The situation in Ghana is no different. In 2016, it was projected that, given the country’s growing youth population, 300,000 new jobs would need to be created each year to absorb the increasing numbers of unemployed young people. Yet the employment structure of the Ghanaian economy has not changed much from several decades ago. Most jobs are low skill, requiring limited cognitive or technology know-how, reflected in low earnings and work of lower quality. An additional challenge for Ghana is the need to create access to an adequate number of high-quality, productive jobs. This report seeks to increase knowledge about Ghana’s job landscape and youth employment programs to assist policy makers and key stakeholders in identifying ways to improve the effectiveness of these programs and strengthen coordination among major stakeholders. Focused, strategic, short- to medium-term and long-term responses are required to address current unemployment and underemployment challenges. Effective coordination and synergies among youth employment programs are needed to avoid duplication of effort while the country’s economic structure transforms. Effective private sector participation in skills development and employment programs is recommended. The report posits interventions in five priority areas that are not new but could potentially make an impact through scaling up: (1) agriculture and agribusiness, (2) apprenticeship (skills training), (3) entrepreneurship, (4) high-yielding areas (renewable energy†“solar, construction, tourism, sports, and green jobs), and (5) preemployment support services. Finally, with the fast-changing nature of work due to technology and artificial intelligence, Ghana needs to develop an education and training system that is versatile and helps young people to adapt and thrive in the twenty-first century world of work.
Youth Unemployment and the Youth Contract
Author | : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee |
Publisher | : The Stationery Office |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2012-09-19 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780215048493 |
This report comments positively on some aspects of the design of the Youth Contract. It builds on the types of interventions which have been shown to have a positive impact: increased Jobcentre Plus (JCP) adviser support; work experience placements; and apprenticeships. It also welcomes the inclusion of a new scheme for 16-17 year-olds, the large majority of whom do not receive support from JCP as they are ineligible for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA). The Committee acknowledges that the Government has sensibly focused wage incentives - the key new element of the Youth Contract - on longer term young unemployed claimants and there is an attempt to achieve sustainable job outcomes by linking wage incentives to the Work Programme payment structure, in which providers are financially incentivised to keep participants in work and off benefits in the longer term. However the Youth Contract on its own it will not be enough to address the current unacceptably high level of youth unemployment. A significant impact can only be made if all the targets are met. In particular, past experience shows that 160,000 wage incentives is a very ambitious target in the current economic climate. And 250,000 additional work experience placements for young people may also be unrealistic
Labor Literature
Author | : United States. Department of Labor. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Labor |
ISBN | : |
Youth Employment Act of 1979
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 666 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Children |
ISBN | : |
Federal Evaluations
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 800 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Evaluation research (Social action programs) |
ISBN | : |
Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.