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Youth Employment Programs in Ghana: Options for Effective Policy Making and Implementation
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- The World Bank, 2020.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Education reform
Economic growth
Entrepreneurship
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Population
EDUCATION REFORM
Underemployment
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
0502 economics and business
education
LABOR POLICY
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YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET
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DISABILITY
05 social sciences
050301 education
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Private sector
Unemployment
EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
GENDER
Business
JOB ASSISTANCE
Apprenticeship
International development
0503 education
050203 business & management
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Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....96764f32f186a0676a4c8b8bceba6fb0