African Transformation Report 2014

The African Transformation Report draws on ACET’s research program of country, sector, and thematic studies to look systematically at transformation as a broad framework for economic growth and development, introducing the African Transformation Index to help African policymakers see how their countries are transforming and where they stand in relation to their neighbors.

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Multi‑Country Studies

Barriers to Young Women’s Employment in the Future World of Work in Ghana & Senegal

Two studies of young women’s employment challenges in Ghana and Senegal conducted by ACET in 2020 map the barriers and enabling factors faced by young women in the world of […]

Human Well-Being

Gender Equality Youth Employment & Skills

Articles

Special Series: Young Women and the Future World of Work in Ghana & Senegal – Part V: Recommendations

Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 5 Recommendations This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]

Human Well-Being

Gender Equality Youth Employment & Skills

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Special Series: Young Women and the Future World of Work in Ghana & Senegal – Part IV: Skills Gaps

Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 4 Skills Gaps This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World […]

Human Well-Being

Gender Equality Youth Employment & Skills

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Special Series: Young Women and the Future World of Work in Ghana & Senegal – Part III: Enablers

Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 3 Enablers This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]

Human Well-Being

Gender Equality Youth Employment & Skills

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Special Series: Young Women and the Future World of Work in Ghana & Senegal – Part II: Barriers

Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 2 Barriers This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]

Human Well-Being

Gender Equality

Commentary

Breaking the Bias

As ACET launches its new Gender Equality program, our Executive Vice President Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi explains how gender equality and economic transformation are inseparable. How would you assess progress on gender equality in […]

Governance Human Well-Being

Private Sector Development

Commentary

The Business of Transformation: A Conversation with Charles Odoom

How does the Private Sector Development unit help deliver economic transformation in Africa? Charles Odoom: Everything we do in ACET is driven by our economic transformation framework of growth with […]

ABT AfCFTA SMEs

Annual Reports

Transformation in a Generation: 2021 Annual Report

2021 brought another year of uncertainty as COVID-19 continued to spread across the continent and around the world, impacting lives and economies. It forced us to face the reality that abrupt economic shocks can cause progress to stall—or reverse—as long...

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Climate & Agriculture Economic Management & Governance

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TLP issues a global wake-up call: Africa faces an unfolding economic and climate crisis

At a meeting of the TLP, eminent African and global leaders shared their concerns about the social, climate, and economic and political instability. The panel called on African leaders to take control and lead a wake-up call to the international...

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Gender Equality Youth Employment & Skills

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Special Series: Young Women and the Future World of Work in Ghana & Senegal – Part I: Background

Young African women face many significant barriers and constraints in the world of work. Women are heavily overrepresented in the informal sector, even while the employment-to-population ratio for women in Sub-Saharan Africa is relatively high at 57 percent. In Ghana...

Human Well-Being

Gender Equality Youth Employment & Skills

Articles

Special Series: Young Women and the Future World of Work in Ghana & Senegal

Overview – Young women in Ghana and Senegal face significant barriers in the world of work due to social prejudices, a lack of access to the right education and resources, limited opportunities for career advancement, unfavorable workplace conditions, and ineffective...

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Gender Equality Youth Employment & Skills

Multi‑Country Studies

Barriers to Young Women’s Employment in the Future World of Work in Senegal

Senegal has made the empowerment of women an essential pillar of the Plan Senegal Emergent, the unifying framework of public policy. The study covers three sectors: agriculture, tourism and hospitality, and business process outsourcing (BPO).

Human Well-Being

Gender Equality Youth Employment & Skills

Multi‑Country Studies

Barriers to Young Women’s Employment in the Future World of Work In Ghana

Young women in Ghana face significant barriers in the world of work due to social prejudices, a lack of access to the right education and resources, limited opportunities for career advancement, unfavorable workplace conditions, and ineffective government policies. This study...

Human Well-Being

Economic Management & Governance

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The Future of Work in Africa: Eight Opportunities for Development Finance Institutions

Africa’s current job market is not providing enough jobs, and the available jobs are not of sufficient quality for Africans to live a life of dignity, free of poverty.

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Economic Management & Governance

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Brokering evidence during a crisis: Lessons from Ghana

As COVID-19 devastated lives and livelihoods around the world, policymakers needed timely and relevant evidence to inform decisions on how best to manage the spread of the virus and mitigate its impact.

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