Publication: Skills and Employability in Mozambique: Implications for Education and Training Policies
Date
2015-04
ISSN
Published
2015-04
Author(s)
Cho, Yoonyoung
Feda, Kebede
Abstract
Mozambique is experiencing significant
population growth with a growing number of youth (ages
15-34) into the labor market. The surge of the raw number of
individuals, particularly young people, opens both
challenges and opportunities: challenges, because of the
need to create sufficient jobs to employ new entrants;
opportunities, because if well managed, the country will
benefit from a young, dynamic labor market where innovations
and creative activities serve as an engine of growth,
driving up per capita income and standards of living. The
paper is organized as follows. The first two sections
describe the supply and demand side diagnostics of the labor
market, respectively, by analyzing the profiles of workers
and by examining where jobs are being created. The next
section discusses the determinants of employment, type of
work, and earnings. Based on this analysis of the trends and
labor market outcomes, the last section identifies and
discusses key areas of policy interventions.
Citation
“Cho, Yoonyoung; Feda, Kebede. 2015. Skills and Employability in Mozambique : Implications for Education and Training Policies. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22082 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”