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Youth Employment Programs in Ghana

Author : Christabel Dadzie
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464815798
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Youth Employment Programs in Ghana written by Christabel Dadzie and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Expanding Job Opportunities in Ghana

Author : Maddalena Honorati
Publisher : Directions in Development
ISBN 13 : 9781464809415
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Expanding Job Opportunities in Ghana by : Maddalena Honorati

Download or read book Expanding Job Opportunities in Ghana written by Maddalena Honorati and published by Directions in Development. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghana was, until very recently, a success story in Africa, achieving high and sustained growth and impressive poverty reduction. However, Ghana is now facing major challenges in diversifying its economy, sustaining growth, and making it more inclusive. Most of the new jobs that have been created in the past decade have been in low-earning, low-productivity trade services. Macroeconomic instability, limited diversification and growing inequities in Ghana's labor markets make it harder for the economy to create more jobs, and particularly, better jobs. Employment needs to expand in both urban areas, which will continue to grow rapidly, and rural areas, where poverty is still concentrated. The current fiscal and economic crisis is heightening the need for urgent reforms but limiting the room for maneuver and increasing pressure for a careful prioritization of policy actions. Going forward, Ghana will need to consider an integrated jobs strategy that addresses barriers to the business climate, deficiencies in skills, lack of competitiveness of job-creating sectors, problems with labor mobility, and the need for comprehensive labor market regulation. Ghana needs to diversify its economy through gains in productivity in sectors like agribusiness, transport, construction, energy, and information and communications technology (ICT) services. Productivity needs to be increased also in agriculture, in order to increase the earnings potential for the many poor who still work there. In particular, Ghana's youth and women need help in connecting to these jobs, through relevant skills development and services that target gaps in information about job opportunities. Even with significant effort, most of Ghana's population will continue to work in jobs characterized by low and fluctuating earnings for the foreseeable future, however, and they will need social safety nets that help them manage vulnerability to income shortfalls. More productive and inclusive jobs will help Ghana move to a second phase of structural transformation and develop into a modern middle-income economy.

Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2020 Rebuilding Better

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264446230
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2020 Rebuilding Better written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of COVID-19 on local jobs and workers dwarfs those of the 2008 global financial crisis. The 2020 edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development considers the short-term impacts on local labour markets as well as the longer-term implications for local development.

Demand and Supply of Skills in Ghana

Author : Peter Darvas
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464802807
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Demand and Supply of Skills in Ghana written by Peter Darvas and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report focuses on formal and informal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at the pre-tertiary level in Ghana. TVET represents a major intersection between education, youth and the labor market. However, market distortions and inefficiencies led to an adverse cycle of high costs, inadequate quality of supply, and low demand.

Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2018 Preparing for the Future of Work

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264305343
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2018 Preparing for the Future of Work written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development examines the impact of technological progress on regional and local labour markets. It sheds light on widening regional gaps on job creation, workers education and skills, as well as inclusion in local economies.

Demand and Supply of Skills in Ghana

Author : Peter Darvas
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464802815
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Demand and Supply of Skills in Ghana written by Peter Darvas and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skills development in Ghana encompasses foundational skills, transferable/soft-skills, and technical and vocational skills. This report focuses on one segment of this skills development system: formal and informal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at the pre-tertiary level. TVET represents a major intersection between education, youth and the labor market. The government has long promised to the population that increasing technical and vocational skills training opportunities will help solve youth unemployment. However, market distortions and inefficiencies have led to an adverse cycle of high costs, inadequate quality of supply and low demand, leading to further pressures on the effectiveness and efficiency of TVET services. This adverse cycle means that the political and policy promise of skills development helping to ease the unemployment problem is at risk of remaining unfulfilled. The report focuses on social and economic demand for (pre-tertiary) technical and vocational skills and maps out the supply of these skills from formal and informal, private and public sectors. The dual purpose has been to both carry out an institutional and policy analysis and also to establish a platform for monitoring sector performance and assisting policy and Development Partner harmonization. The report analyzes the economic and social demand for technical and vocational skills and the suitability of the current supply as well as the effectiveness of policy, coordination and financing of technical and vocational skills development. The report annex provides the summary of economic demand analyses from the key sectors reviewed and provides a full mapping of all technical and vocational programs in Ghana. The study offers a comprehensive set of policy recommendations for improving Ghana’s pre-tertiary technical and vocational skills development sector, which will be of interest to policy makers and development partners in Ghana.

Job Creation and Local Economic Development

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 926421500X
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Job Creation and Local Economic Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery.

Made in Africa

Author : Carol Newman
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815728166
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Made in Africa written by Carol Newman and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is there so little industry in Africa? Over the past forty years, industry has moved from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa’s share of global manufacturing has fallen from about 3 percent in 1970 to less than 2 percent in 2014. Industry is important to low-income countries. It is good for economic growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. Made in Africa: Learning to Compete in Industry outlines a new strategy to help African industry compete in global markets. This book draws on case studies and econometric and qualitative research from Africa and emerging Asia to understand what drives firm-level competitiveness in low-income countries. The results show that while traditional concerns such as infrastructure, skills, and the regulatory environment are important, they alone will not be sufficient for Africa to industrialize. The book also addresses how industrialization strategies will need to adapt to the region’s growing resource abundance.

Industries Without Smokestacks

Author : Richard S. Newfarmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198821883
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Industries Without Smokestacks written by Richard S. Newfarmer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study prepared by the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Expanding Job Opportunities in Ghana

Author : Maddalena Honorati
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464809429
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Book Synopsis Expanding Job Opportunities in Ghana by : Maddalena Honorati

Download or read book Expanding Job Opportunities in Ghana written by Maddalena Honorati and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghana was, until very recently, a success story in Africa, achieving high and sustained growth and impressive poverty reduction. However, Ghana is now facing major challenges in diversifying its economy, sustaining growth, and making it more inclusive. Most of the new jobs that have been created in the past decade have been in low-earning, low-productivity trade services. Macroeconomic instability, limited diversification and growing inequities in Ghana’s labor markets make it harder for the economy to create more jobs, and particularly, better jobs. Employment needs to expand in both urban areas, which will continue to grow rapidly, and rural areas, where poverty is still concentrated. The current fiscal and economic crisis is heightening the need for urgent reforms but limiting the room for maneuver and increasing pressure for a careful prioritization of policy actions. Going forward, Ghana will need to consider an integrated jobs strategy that addresses barriers to the business climate, deficiencies in skills, lack of competitiveness of job-creating sectors, problems with labor mobility, and the need for comprehensive labor market regulation. Ghana needs to diversify its economy through gains in productivity in sectors like agribusiness, transport, construction, energy, and information and communications technology (ICT) services. Productivity needs to be increased also in agriculture, in order to increase the earnings potential for the many poor who still work there. In particular, Ghana’s youth and women need help in connecting to these jobs, through relevant skills development and services that target gaps in information about job opportunities. Even with significant effort, most of Ghana’s population will continue to work in jobs characterized by low and fluctuating earnings for the foreseeable future, however, and they will need social safety nets that help them manage vulnerability to income shortfalls. More productive and inclusive jobs will help Ghana move to a second phase of structural transformation and develop into a modern middle-income economy.

Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector

Author : Arvil V. Adams
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821399691
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector written by Arvil V. Adams and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses household surveys in five countries of Sub-Saharan Africa to describe employment off the farm in the region s growing informal sector and assesses how different forms of education and training, including apprenticeships, influence choices in employment and earnings.

Creating Decent Jobs

Author : Célestin Monga
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780976565536
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Creating Decent Jobs written by Célestin Monga and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Africa's Lions

Author : Haroon Bhorat
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815729502
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Africa's Lions written by Haroon Bhorat and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the economic forces that will shape Africa's future. Africa’s Lions examines the economic growth experiences of six fast growing and/or economically dominant African countries. Expert African researchers offer unique perspectives into the challenges and issues in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and South Africa. Despite a growing body of research on African economies, very little has focused on the relationship between economic growth and employment outcomes at the detailed country level. A lack of empirical data has deprived policymakers of a robust evidence base on which to make informed decisions. By harnessing country-level household, firm, and national accounts data together with existing analytical country research—the authors have attempted to bridge this gap. The growth of the global working-age population to 2030 will be driven primarily by Africa, which means that the relationship between growth and employment should be understood within the context of each country’s projected demographic challenge and the associated implications for employment growth. A better understanding of the structure of each country’s workforce and the resulting implications for human capital development, the vulnerably employed, and the working poor, will be critical to informing the development policy agenda. As a group, the six countries profiled in Africa’s Lions will largely shape the continent's future. Each country chapter focuses on the complex interactions between economic growth and employment outcomes, within the individual Africa’s Lions context.

International Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work

Author : Rupert Maclean
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402052812
Total Pages : 3162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book International Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work written by Rupert Maclean and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-29 with total page 3162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This six-volume handbook covers the latest practice in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). It presents TVET models from all over the world, reflections on the best and most innovative practice, and dozens of telling case studies. The handbook presents the work of established as well as the most promising young researchers and features unrivalled coverage of developments in research, policy and practice in TVET.

Better Use of Skills in the Workplace

Author : Collectif
Publisher : OECD
ISBN 13 : 9264281401
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Better Use of Skills in the Workplace written by Collectif and published by OECD. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This joint OECD-ILO report provides a comparative analysis of case studies focusing on improving skills use in the workplace across eight countries. The examples provide insights into the practical ways in which employers interact with government services and policies at the local level. They highlight the need to build policy coherence across employment, skills, economic development and innovation policies, and underline the importance of ensuring that skills utilisation is built into policy development thinking and implementation. Skills utilisation concerns the extent to which skills are effectively applied in the workplace to maximise workplace and individual performance. It involves a mix of policies including work organisation, job design, technology adaptation, innovation, employee-employer relations, human resource development practices and business-product market strategies. It is often at the local level that the interface of these factors can best be addressed.

Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Deon Filmer
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 146480107X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Deon Filmer and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The series is sponsored by the Agence Francaise de Developpement and the World Bank."

The Report: Ghana 2013

Author : Oxford Business Group
Publisher : Oxford Business Group
ISBN 13 : 190706589X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Report: Ghana 2013 written by Oxford Business Group and published by Oxford Business Group. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic growth has been extremely robust following the country’s discovery of oil in 2007, reaching well into the double-digits and driving a boom in consumption and investment. The discovery in Ghana’s offshore Jubilee field in 2007 represented something of a turning point in the country’s economic trajectory. Followed by growth rates that at one point reached above 14%, as well as a GDP re-basing that improved the accuracy of its reporting, the country has moved up into lower middle-income status. As a result of its recent economic surge and stable environment, investment levels have continued to rise, as companies both foreign and domestic are eager to capitalise on the country’s wealth of natural resources and growing middle class. There have been challenges, as public spending comes under pressure and commodity exports remain exposed to exogenous shocks, but the economy’s fundamentals are encouraging.