This scoping paper is one of a series jointly commissioned by the International Development Research Centre and the MasterCard Foundation to shed light on the critical challenge of youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa.
This project seeks to deepen understanding of how training in social and emotional, or “soft”, skills can lead to better employment and livelihood outcomes for adolescent girls.
This project seeks to inform strategies and policies on youth employment by examining the job creation potential of industries without smokestacks, such as agriculture, the service sector, tourism, and information and communication technology-base
This study focuses on testing the hypothesis that application of ICT at firm level and trade facilitation policies has a causal impact on the quality and quantity of manufactured exports, productivity and investment.