The Services Industry and its Potential for Youth and Women Employment in an African Context: A review of the literature

Franque Grimard ()
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Franque Grimard: McGill University

Working Papers from University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit

Abstract: Manufacturing today has become much more capital- and skill-intensive, with greatly diminished potential to absorb large amounts of labor from the countryside. Can service industries 1 play the role that manufacturing did in the past, leading to economic growth and absorbing vast amounts of labor? Already, services contribute the bulk of GDP in developing countries, even in low-income countries where agriculture has traditionally played a big part. Young workers who leave the farm for the cities are increasingly absorbed into urban services jobs instead of manufacturing. In addition, international trade in services has tended to expand more rapidly than trade in goods.

Keywords: Economic Complexity; Sub Saharan Africa; Services; Youth; Women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2019-06
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Published in IDRC|DPRU Working Paper Series by the Development Policy Research Unit, June 2019, pages 1-39

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