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Disruptive Technologies in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Mobile Telecommunications Services
(2022-09)The last decade around the world has been marked by digital transformation of the economies and societies. In most developed countries, almost every single household got fast broadband Internet connection, while mobile ... -
Disruptive Technologies and Manufacturing Performance in South Africa: Firm-Level Evidence
(2022)The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is changing while also adding increased complexity to the global manufacturing landscape. The global transformation in manufacturing is offering new prospects for sustained ... -
Impact of Digital Technology Adoption on Employment in Senegal
(2022-09)The future of developing countries lies primarily in the intensity of their uptake of digital technologies. Although these new technologies have disrupted the existence of old ones with a possible impact on productivity, ... -
Disruptive Technologies, Agricultural Productivity and Economic Performance in Kenya
(2022-09)Kenya is at the forefront of technological innovations and is often referred to as the ‘Silicon Savannah’ of Africa. Disruptive technologies in Kenya comprise of fast internet connectivity, ICT infrastructure investments, ... -
The Growth Effect of Disruptive Technology in Ethiopia: With a Case Study of Digitalization in the Financial Sector
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)Focusing on digitalization as a major disruptive technology in Ethiopia, this study found that digitalization is at a very low level of development in Ethiopia, by regional standard. Yet, a 10% rate of digital penetration ... -
Global Value Chain Participation and Innovation: Firm-Level Evidence from Africa
(2022-08)Firm-level innovation in developing countries is mostly incremental and depends on non-R&D activities. Integration into global production networks is one such activity that could help firms in developing countries to ... -
The Potential for Women and Youth Employment in Mali’s Economic Sectors
(2022-08)The study’s main aim is to examine the sectors and the branches of activities within Mali’s economy that have the highest job creation potential for women and the youth. To achieve this objective, the study is carried ... -
Employment Creation Potential for Youth in the Kenyan Economy
(2022-08)Job creation is a key development objective for most economies, Kenya included. However, expansion of employment opportunities has not kept pace with the rapidly expanding working age population. The main objective of ... -
Identifying Activities for Greater Employment Generation in Egypt: An Input-Output Analysis
(2022-08)Between 2006 and 2017, Egypt's average rate of unemployment was 11.2%, and 23.8% among the youth. Promoting employment-generating industries may mitigate unemployment. The present study, therefore, identifies industries ... -
Work and Income for Young Men and Women in Africa: The Case of Uganda
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-08)This study sets out to undertake an in-depth country study to establish the economic sectors with the highest multipliers and potential to create employment opportunities for the youth in Uganda. The study used Uganda ... -
Structural Change, Productivity and Job Creation: Evidence from Tunisia
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-08)This paper combines macro and micro level analysis to identify the main sectors and firms that present the greatest potential to boost productive employment in Tunisia. The macro level analysis uses aggregate data at ... -
Support Programmes for Youth Employment and Employability in the Job Sectors in Senegal
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-08)The issue of youth employment remains a major concern in Senegal. In recent years, the country has implemented several programmes aimed at combating unemployment and the precariousness of youth employment on the labour ... -
Sectoral Development: Assessing the Conditions that Drive Youth Employment in Key Sectors of the Nigerian Economy
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-08)Youth unemployment is a condition that has worsened in Nigeria over the past two decades. This situation became more glaring since 2015 due to a decline in the economy arising from the fall in oil prices. Given Nigeria ... -
The Challenge of Unemployment and Youth Unemployment amidst Fast Economic Growth in Ethiopia
(2022)Using a varies of approaches, this study examined the challenge of general and youth unemployment during the fast growth period of Ethiopia, 2000-2021. Apart from describing the recent profile of the labour market, I ... -
Work and Income for Young Men and Women in Africa: Employment Potential of Specific Sectors and Sub-Sectors in African Economies: A synthesis
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-08)This paper synthesizes two framework papers for the Growth Sectors for Youth Employment: An AERC‒ODI‒ERF‒INCLUDE Collaborative Research Project, which both point to the need for a well-designed sectoral approach in ... -
Income and Work for Young Men and Women in Africa: A Political Economy and Social Equity Approach to the Employment Potential of Specific Sectors and Sub-Sectors in African Economies
(2022-08)The issue of youth employment remains a major concern in Africa, particularly in Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda despite the fact these countries have implemented several initiatives to reduce youth unemployment. Evidence ... -
Growth Sectors, Youth and Employment: Challenges and Way Forward: A Synthesis Paper of Ethiopia, Mali and Nigeria Country Case Studies
(2022-08)I wish to express deep appreciation to the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) for all the support that facilitated the undertaking of this research. I am also eternally grateful to the INCLUDE Secretariat for ... -
Potential Sectors for Greater Employment Generation in the MENA Region: The Case of Tunisia and Egypt
(2022-08)Egypt and Tunisia share several similar characteristics, given that they are highly dependent on services, have a relatively diversified manufacturing sector, and did relatively well at the macroeconomic level. Yet, ... -
Using Output and Labour Multipliers to Target Incentives for Fast Economic Recovery: The Cases of Ethiopia and Kenya
(African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)This paper provides an initial approach on the use of input-output tables to calculate output and labour multipliers. It uses the Ethiopia and Kenya country case studies to illustrate the procedure.The output and labour ... -
Supporting Jobs for Young Women and Men in Africa: A Framework for Country Level Analysis
(2022-08)A third of Africa's population consists of young people, and a quarter of jobs in Africa go to young people, twice as much as the world average. Finding jobs for the young is very much linked to a general employment ...
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