Youth Employment Programs in Africa

This book investigates youth employment programmes across nine African countries, providing important insights into the world’s youngest continent by population, in which 60% of people are aged under 25. The book will be an important read for researchers wishing to understand the political economy of youth employment policy in Africa.

Ramos E. Mabugu is Professor of Economics at Sol Plaatje University, South Africa. He is also a Senior Researcher at Stellenbosch University and a Research Fellow at the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Kenya. He his PhD in economics from Gothenburg University. He has written widely on economics and economic policy in leading academic economic journals, books and popular press. He has been a consultant for many international organisations as well as advising governments on economic matters. Prior to joining Sol Plaatje University, Mabugu headed the research and policy division at the Financial and Fiscal Commission and lectured at Universities of Pretoria and Zimbabwe having started his early career as a banker with Standard Bank.

Lucas Ronconi is Professor of Economics at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is also a Research Fellow at the Argentine National Research Council, CONICET, a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor, Germany, and at PEP, Kenya. His main research interest is Labour Market Institutions in developing countries, with a focus on enforcement. His research has been published in several journals including Industrial Relations, Journal of Development Economics, and World Development.