Youth Employment/Entrepreneurship

With 62% of Africa’s population being under 25 years of age, youth employment is crucial.

Early findings show that the productivity of youth labor (and rural labor in general) employed in both farming and non-farming sectors is significantly influenced by local farmland distribution patterns. Strategies that effectively improve productivity and profitability of farming are critical to expanding employment opportunities and improving youth livelihoods.

Publications and Presentations

Food Systems Transformation in West Africa: Implications for Jobs and Policy

Published on June 18, 2018
Tom Reardon and Saweda Liverpool-Tasie, OECD Seminar: Urbanization, Food Economy, Employment, and Women, Paris, France, June 18, 2018
Youthquake - Chicago Council Panel, March 29, 2018

Published on March 29, 2018
Panel discussion around the Chicago Council for Global Affairs Report: "Youth for Growth, Transforming Economies through Agriculture," Principal Author Kwame F. Yeboah
Africa's Evolving Employment Trends

Published on March 1, 2018
Yeboah, Kwame, and T. S. Jayne. 2018. Africa's Evolving Employment Trends, Journal of Development Studies, 54(5)
Rethinking African Partnerships for Global Solutions

Published on February 28, 2018
Thomas Jayne and Jamie Monson, Editors
Rise of Medium-Scale Farms in Africa: Causes and Consequences of Changing Farm Size Distributions

Published on December 6, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, Cape Town, South Africa, December 6, 2017