A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana
Ghana’s population is becoming younger and increasingly urbanized – by 2010, over half the population lived in urban settlements of more than 5,000 people – raising concerns among policy makers regarding the location and types of jobs required to employ the youth. The slow creation of for-mal urban...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Diao, Xinshen Silver, Jed |
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| description | Ghana’s population is becoming younger and increasingly urbanized – by 2010, over half the population lived in urban settlements of more than 5,000 people – raising concerns among policy makers regarding the location and types of jobs required to employ the youth. The slow creation of for-mal urban jobs has particularly strong implications for young people entering the labor force: they are more educated than the older generation, with greater aspirations for non-farm employment and urban lifestyles (Anyidoho, Leavy, and Asenso-Okyere 2012). Without rapid industrialization to create more formal manufacturing and other non-agricultural jobs, youth in Ghana who leave the agricultural sector are increasingly likely to resort to informal services in both rural and urban areas. While much youth-related research has focused on changes in youth employment and livelihoods through rural-urban migration, a re-cent IFPRI Discussion Paper focuses on youth in the rural non-farm economy (Diao et al. 2017). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1462072025-11-06T07:21:58Z A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana Diao, Xinshen Silver, Jed nonfarm income employment urbanization youth livelihoods off-farm employment Ghana’s population is becoming younger and increasingly urbanized – by 2010, over half the population lived in urban settlements of more than 5,000 people – raising concerns among policy makers regarding the location and types of jobs required to employ the youth. The slow creation of for-mal urban jobs has particularly strong implications for young people entering the labor force: they are more educated than the older generation, with greater aspirations for non-farm employment and urban lifestyles (Anyidoho, Leavy, and Asenso-Okyere 2012). Without rapid industrialization to create more formal manufacturing and other non-agricultural jobs, youth in Ghana who leave the agricultural sector are increasingly likely to resort to informal services in both rural and urban areas. While much youth-related research has focused on changes in youth employment and livelihoods through rural-urban migration, a re-cent IFPRI Discussion Paper focuses on youth in the rural non-farm economy (Diao et al. 2017). 2017 2024-06-21T09:06:11Z 2024-06-21T09:06:11Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146207 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146472 application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Diao, Xinshen and Silver, Jed. 2017. A Spatial Analysis of Youth Livelihoods and Rural Transformation in Ghana. GSSP Policy Note 12. Washington, DC International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146207 |
| spellingShingle | nonfarm income employment urbanization youth livelihoods off-farm employment Diao, Xinshen Silver, Jed A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana |
| title | A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana |
| title_full | A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana |
| title_short | A spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in Ghana |
| title_sort | spatial analysis of youth livelihoods and rural transformation in ghana |
| topic | nonfarm income employment urbanization youth livelihoods off-farm employment |
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