Africa

[Interview] Tackling youth employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Creating decent jobs for a rapidly expanding young African labour force

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ILO (24.08.2017) Within the next 15 years, some 375 million young people will become of working age in Africa, equivalent to the current population of Canada and the United States combined. By 2050, nearly one in three young people will be living in sub-Saharan Africa, and most of them simply cannot afford not to work.

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Africa
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Employment of young workers

Can a universal basic income resolve future income security challenges?

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Can a universal basic income resolve future income security challenges? Universal basic income approaches are currently high on the agenda as possible policy options to resolve the income security challenges that emerge on the one hand from new forms of work in the wake of digitalization and automation, as well as from informal and precarious employment. 

 

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Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
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Extension of coverage
Inequalities
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Afrique: le Rapport d’Alger sur le développement social au menu du 29e sommet de l’UA

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Radio Algérie (03.07.2017) Le Rapport de la Commission africaine de la deuxième session du Comité technique spécialisé sur le développement social, le travail et l'emploi (CTS), organisée récemment à Alger sera soumis à l’examen et l’adoption par la 29eme Conférence des Chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement, dont les travaux débuteront lundi à Addis-Abeba.

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Africa

Why we should all have a basic income | World Economic Forum

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A promise of equal opportunity

“Basic income” would be an amount sufficient to secure basic needs as a permanent earnings floor no one could fall beneath, and would replace many of today’s temporary benefits, which are given only in case of emergency, and/or only to those who successfully pass the applied qualification tests. UBI would be a promise of equal opportunity, not equal outcome, a new starting line set above the poverty line.

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Africa
Americas
United States
Asia
Europe
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Extension of coverage
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
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Dakar Transfer Project Workshop: The State of Evidence on Social Cash Transfers in Africa

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unicef-irc.org (23.05.2017) There is more evidence now than ever before that cash transfers can empower families to improve their lives. In Africa, cash transfers are rapidly expanding as a key social protection tool for reducing chronic poverty and hunger and increasing investment in human capital.

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Africa
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Extension of coverage
Conditional cash transfers

Le secteur de la santé en Afrique un patient à soigner d’urgence

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JeuneAfrique (15.05.2017) «J’ai décidé d’être heureux car c’est bon pour la santé» disait Voltaire. Un nombre croissant d’africains ont fait leur cette maxime. Mais ils ont également décidé… qu’il fallait être en bonne santé pour être heureux. La santé en Afrique a été plombée par des années de sous-investissement et de croissance démographique accélérée : l’Afrique sub-saharienne compte 1 médecin et 10 lits d’hôpital pour 10.000 habitants (l’OMS préconisant un ratio de 7 médecins et 30 lits d’hôpital).

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Africa
Topics
Health