Impact of Youth Unemployment on Economic Growth in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA): A Review Paper

Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the highest population growth in the world, while unemployment was one of the major prevailing socio - economic problems in almost all countries of the world which every country should fight against.  Africa is confronted with this problem that has been extremely challenging. This paper is to review recent research works studied on impacts of youth unemployment on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this paper, therefore, empirical studies done on the area were reviewed in terms of their publication year, the sources of data, methodology they employed and the results they obtained. Moreover, this paper has tried to assess secondary data collected to get a more insight on the impacts of youth unemployment on economic growth. By reviewing previous studies done on impacts of youth unemployment on economic growth were leads to low income, low savings, low investment, low national income and loss of gross domestic product(GDP) and unemployed youth constitute threat to security as they often involve in social vices. The reviewed recommend the future studies on impact of youth unemployment on economic growth were crucial for mapping strategies to address impact of youth unemployment and insights on gaps for policy direction and areas for capacity development in addressing youth unemployment.

Keywords: Youth, Unemployment, Economic growth

DOI: 10.7176/JESD/15-1-04

Publication date: January 31^st 2024