Towards a paradigm shift in social protection in developing countries? Analysing the emergence of the Ghana national unemployment insurance scheme from a multiple streams perspective

Ohemeng, Frank L. K.; Foli, Rosina

doi:10.1016/j.ugj.2023.05.002

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“…Approximately 300,000 youth are thought to enter the labor force each year but only approximately 2.0% get hired [23]. The manufacturing sector, which is primarily linked to employment-intensive growth, is trailing the service and agricultural sector [24]. The unemployed become poorer and more reliant on others, which raises the dependence ratio.…”

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“…However, these economies start to encounter some negative shocks within a few years of exploration and production [28]. The jobs that relate to The manufacturing sector, which is primarily linked to employment-intensive growth, is trailing the service and agricultural sector [24]. The unemployed become poorer and more reliant on others, which raises the dependence ratio.…”

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Towards Just Energy Transition: Renewable Energy Transition Dynamics and Sectorial Employment in Ghana

Oteng,

Iledare,

Peprah

et al. 2024

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Energy transition and the creation of sustainable jobs are major concerns towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 7 and 13, particularly in emerging petroleum-producing economies such as Ghana. Our study examines Ghana’s sectorial employment vulnerability to the dynamics of energy transition. Employing a dynamic ARDL simulation model, we use quarterly data from 2011 to 2021 from Ghana’s Energy Commission, the Bank of Ghana, and the Public Interest and Accounting Committee. We find that transition scenarios increase industrial sector employment. Also, industrial sector employment changes more favorably under the 5% scenario than under the 1% scenario. Agriculture industry employment is positively impacted by the 1% energy transition scenarios but negatively impacted by the 5% scenarios. Up to the sixth year, both transition scenarios increase employment in the services sector; however, employment opportunities are more affected by the 1% scenario than by the 5% scenario. Therefore, developing a policy architecture that aids Ghana’s transition to renewable energy is essential.

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confidence: 99%