This report is accompanied by an inventory of public job. Programs in Ghana to inform policy makers and stakeholders on the existing landscape of youth employment programming. On 29 September 2020 in Accra- A new world bank report titled “Youth Employment Programs in Ghana “ options for effective policy making and implementation, identifies agribusiness, entrepreneurship, apprenticeship, construction, tourism and sports as key sectors that can afford increased employment opportunities for Ghanaian youth.it also calls for more investments in career guidance and counseling work based on learning, coaching and mentoring to equip youth people with skills needed for work.
The report suggests that although these are not new areas, the government could maximize their impact by scaling-up these priority areas in existing youth employment interventions and improve outreach to the youth
Unemployment rate in Ghana is expected to reach 4.60 percent by the end of 2022, according to trading Economic global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long term, the Ghana unemployment rate is projected to trend around 4.40 percent in 2023 and 4.20 percent in 2024, according to our econometric models. The World Bank Development indicators is the premium annual statistics of the World Bank which compiles data on development. The WDI contains over 900 indicators per country and cover topics including BOP, business, demographics, external debt, education, tourism, tax. GEO coverage is over 150 countries. Series are annual from as early as 1960.
