Youth unemployment will drive African migration

Significance

In many African states, youth employment is stubbornly high. Moreover, many of those getting jobs receive such low wages that they continue to live in poverty.

Impacts

• Poor prospects in domestic labour markets will promote brain drain.
• Swelling urban centres without gainful employment opportunities could exacerbate social grievances.
• Insufficient job creation will reinforce the importance of migration and remittances for poorer households.