Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa : Hard Work and Hazard

Sumberg, James

Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa : Hard Work and Hazard - UK CABI 202104 - 1 electronic resource (200 p.)

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This book unites recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy and imagine their futures, and how development policies and interventions can find traction with these realities. Its 10 chapters are organized around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas, have no interest in agriculture, cannot access land, can be the engine of rural transformation, are stuck in permanent waithood, and that the rural economy can provide a wealth of opportunity.


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English

9781789245011.0000 9781789245011, 9781789245028, 9781789245035

10.1079/9781789245011.0000 doi


Poverty & unemployment
Agricultural science
Africa

rural areas, rural development, rural economy, work, rural youth, development policy, migration, off-farm employment, land ownership, change agents