Rethinking Youth, Livelihoods, and Fragility in West Africa : One Size Doesn’t Fit All

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作者：

Fortune, Francis

来源地址：

http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22517

关键词：

SANITATION;  URBAN GIRLS;  HOUSEHOLD SIZE;  NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY;  WORKFORCE;  ECONOMIC GROWTH;  POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU;  CULTURAL VALUES;  KINSHIP;  URBANIZATION;  DROPOUTS;  ABUSE;  SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;  DEPENDENT CHILDREN;  YOUTH EMPLOYMENT;  INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS;  PROSTITUTE;  FAMILY SUPPORT;  TERRORIST;  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES;  ROAD ACCIDENTS;  FAMILY WELFARE;  YOUTH LIVELIHOODS;  PRESS RELEASE;  LABOR FORCE;  SERVICES;  PUBLIC SERVICES;  HEALTH CARE;  DRUGS;  PLAN OF ACTION;  FAMILY MEMBERS;  UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND;  GOVERNMENT CAPACITY;  INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE;  TECHNICAL SKILLS;  RURAL YOUTH;  PUBLICATIONS;  POPULATION FUND;  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;  HEALTH RISKS;  FUTURE GENERATIONS;  VULNERABILITY;  CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS;  REGIONAL NETWORKS;  YOUTH GANGS;  YOUTH POLICY;  YOUNG WIVES;  ACCESS TO EDUCATION;  DRUG ABUSE;  PEER GROUPS;  WORK EXPERIENCE;  KNOWLEDGE;  TECHNICAL TRAINING;  YOUTH CULTURE;  PUBLIC POLICY;  LABOR MARKET;  URBAN MIGRATION;  HUMAN SECURITY;  PUBLIC INFORMATION;  DISEASES;  TRAINING;  DRUG TRAFFICKING;  TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;  LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES;  SEXUALITY;  CITIZEN;  MEDICATION;  MIGRATION;  RURAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT;  ADOPTION;  VIOLENCE;  NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;  POOR HEALTH;  GANGS;  DISSEMINATION;  VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;  DISASTERS;  MARRIAGE;  SOCIAL SECURITY;  ECONOMIC CHANGE;  APPRENTICESHIP;  NATURAL RESOURCES;  YOUTH DEVELOPMENT;  SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;  RULE OF LAW;  CURRENT POPULATION;  YOUTH PARTICIPATION;  RADIO;  GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT;  MALE YOUTH;  RESPECT;  PROGRESS;  POLITICAL UNREST;  ADULTHOOD;  UNIONS;  UNEMPLOYMENT;  YOUNG MEN;  VOCATIONAL TRAINING;  INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION;  YOUNG AGE;  TRANSPORTATION;  WAGES;  CLIMATE CHANGE;  POLICIES;  ADOLESCENCE;  INTERNATIONAL TRADE;  SUBSTANCE ABUSE;  IMMIGRATION POLICY;  SMALL ENTERPRISES;  STREET VENDORS;  SCHOOLS;  AGE;  DIVORCE;  INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES;  POLICY MAKERS;  FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT;  NATIONAL LEVELS;  YOUNG “  MEN;  URBAN CENTERS;  SOCIAL POLICY;  LIMITED PROSPECTS;  INTERPERSONAL SKILLS;  YOUTH EMPOWERMENT;  BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE;  FAMILY INCOME;  URBAN AREAS;  URBAN YOUTH;  SOCIAL SCIENCE;  YOUTH;  JOB CREATION;  POPULATION RESEARCH;  REFUGEES;  DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS;  PHYSICAL ABUSE;  INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY;  YOUTH_POLICY;  MASCULINITY;  POLICY;  CITIZENS;  OLDER WOMEN;  REGULATORY REGIMES;  SOCIAL STATUS;  POLICY BRIEF;  ILL HEALTH;  MINORITY;  ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES;  CHILDREN;  LEVEL OF EDUCATION;  QUALITY EDUCATION;  CITIZENSHIP;  WORKING CONDITIONS;  WAR;  NATURAL RESOURCE;  HEALTH PROBLEMS;  ACCIDENTS;  SOCIAL GROUP;  RURAL AREAS;  ADOLESCENT;  YOUNG WOMEN;  IMMIGRATION;  ECONOMIC PROGRESS;  SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION;  INFECTIONS;  LIMITED RESOURCES;  YOUNG PEOPLE;  SOCIAL COHESION;  POPULATION;  GIRLS;  URBAN WOMEN;  URBAN BIAS;  RITES OF PASSAGE;  CIVIL WAR;  POLICY FORMULATION;  SOCIAL CHANGE;  FAMILIES;  WOMEN;  MISUNDERSTANDING;  YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT;  LABOR MARKETS;  YOUTH VIOLENCE;  PUBLIC SERVICE;  PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;  TERTIARY EDUCATION;  INJURIES FROM ACCIDENTS;  SOCIAL MOBILITY;  PEACE;  POLITICAL INSTABILITY;  YOUTH POPULATION;  PEACEKEEPING;  UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS;  SERVICE PROVIDERS;  DEVELOPMENT POLICY;  Report; 

年份：

2015

出版地：

Washington,USA

语种：

English

摘要：

Africa’s population is young and growing at twice the pace of other continents. A youth bulge presents a series of development policy opportunities and challenges. In this context, simplistic linkages between the youth bulge, high unemployment, and fragility have gained traction and given rise to a youth policy agenda that targets urban male youth as the problem and emphasizes formal sector development as the solution. This paper questions some of the core assumptions that underpin mainstream perceptions of the linkages between youth, employment, and fragility in West Africa, and presents an alternative analysis. The study will use the language of livelihoods to reflect on youth employment experiences, as livelihoods take into account the capabilities, assets (including both material and social resources), and activities required for a means of living beyond traditional ideas of employment, and thus enable a deeper, more sophisticated understanding of the realities of many young West Africans. The paper argues that a nuanced understanding of specific groups of young people and their livelihood activities in their specific social, cultural, political, and economic context is necessary to understand how young peoples’ lives intersect with fragility dynamics. The paper aims to highlight that the relationship between youth, unemployment, underemployment, livelihoods, and fragility is far more complex than is often recognized and should not be exaggerated or taken out of context.