Youth employment in a globalising world

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-102

  Gough, Katherine ^a   Langevang, Thilde ^b   Owusu, George ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

employment; global South; policy; Sub Saharan Africa; unemployment; Youth

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84885452814     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.2013.7     Document Type: Article

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