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Oosterom, Marjoke |
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Sumberg, James |
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2021-05-24T09:48:04Z |
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2021-05-24T09:48:04Z |
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2021-05-24 |
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2022-05-26T08:45:54Z |
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2022-05-26T08:45:54Z |
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Oosterom, M. and Sumberg, J. (2021) 'Are Young People in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa Caught in Waithood?', IDS Policy Briefing 178, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/IDS.2021.039 |
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1479-974X |
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https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16616 |
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https://www.ids.ac.uk/publications/are-young-people-in-rural-sub-saharan-africa-caught-in-waithood-html/ |
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Rural Futures |
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10.19088/IDS.2021.039 |
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http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198441 |
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| dc.description |
The idea that large numbers of young people in sub-Saharan Africa are stuck in waithood – trapped between childhood and adulthood – dominates international development policy discourse. The belief is that because there are no jobs, young people cannot attain social markers of adulthood. Waithood has proved itself to be a very attractive way to frame debates and promote youth employment interventions. But research challenges two aspects of the waithood story: that young people are inactive; and that work is the only route into adulthood. Caution and nuance are required to prevent waithood becoming another catchy term that does little to improve policy. |
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Please note: An HTML version of this document is available below. Please click on the link under "More details". |
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International Fund for Agricultural Development |
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en |
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Institute of Development Studies |
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IDS Policy Briefing;178 |
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This is an Open Access briefing distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited, any modifications or adaptations are indicated, and the work is not used for commercial purposes. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
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Institute of Development Studies |
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| dc.subject |
Agriculture |
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Children and Youth |
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Work and Labour |
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| dc.title |
Are Young People in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa Caught in Waithood? |
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| dc.type |
IDS Policy Briefing |
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| dc.coverage |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
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