OECD Development Centre Policy Insights

ISSN :
2077-2599 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/20772599
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The OECD Development Centre links OECD members with developing and emerging economies and fosters debate and discussion to seek creative policy solutions to emerging global issues and development challenges. OECD Development Centre Policy Insights is a series of policy-oriented occasional papers drawn from the Development Centre’s Work Programme. All titles are generally available in the two official languages of the OECD: English and French.
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Investing in Africa's Youth You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Lucia Wegner1
Author Affiliations
  • 1: OECD, France

Publication Date
01 Apr 2008
Bibliographic information
No.:
62
Pages
2
DOI
10.1787/240187805162

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African countries face high youth unemployment and a skills shortage. Technical and vocational systems in Africa are poorly funded and managed. Skill-development strategies need to be integrated into poverty-reduction strategies and focused on sectors with promising employment prospects.
Also available in: French