Meagher, Kate 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9859-0827
(2016)
The scramble for Africans: demography, globalisation and Africa’s informal labour markets.
The Journal of Development Studies, 52 (4).
483 - 497.
ISSN 0022-0388
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Abstract
Images of an 'African Boom' have presented us with labour markets full of dynamic potential: a declining dependency ratio; low levels of unemployment; and a vibrant middle class. This buoyant view of African labour markets conceals a less encouraging reality of catastrophic youth unemployment and expanding informality. How has the continent known for the world's highest share of informal labour become a beacon of prosperity? This article will explore the reality beneath the outbreak of informal economic optimism, and consider why African labour markets are being painted in such rosy colours.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fjds20 |
| Additional Information: | © 2016 Taylor and Francis |
| Divisions: | International Development |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Date Deposited: | 29 May 2015 13:01 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 09:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/62141 |
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