Youth Employment Challenge and Rural Transformation in Africa

Ude, Damian Kalu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-41513-6_3

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“…This indicates that more social development in reducing vulnerable employment will lead to more bioenergy production. This result adds empirical advocacy to [64,65]. By implication, bioenergy industry growth in the EU 28 region increases as the last one opens up more for social business development activities to reduce vulnerable employment rate.…”

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Does Social Businesses Development Affect Bioenergy Industry Growth under the Pathway of Sustainable Development?

2021

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The Treaty of European Union (EU) sets out the EU vision for sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. This led us to ask whether or not social business development stimulates the development of the bioenergy sector in the EU28 countries. Given the increasing rates of energy insecurity, environmental pollution, poverty, and unemployment, countries are switching to alternative energy sources that might promote social business development, climate change, and environmental quality. In this scenario, the bioenergy industry has received the attention of scholars and policymakers alike. The role social business development can play in the growth of the bioenergy industry remains uncertain, therefore, further investigation is necessary. This study, therefore, explores the relationships between the bioenergy industry and social business development indicators related to zero emissions, zero poverty, and zero unemployment for EU28 region countries from 1990 to 2018. Empirical evidence is based on the use of a new economic model, dynamic panel co-integration simulations (Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square, Dynamic Ordinary Least Square, and Pooled Ordinary Least Square). The results reveal a negative relationship between EU28′s bioenergy industry growth and carbon dioxide emissions, vulnerable employment, and unemployment rate, suggesting that bioenergy industry growth helps reduce pollution and unemployment. Likewise, bioenergy industry growth increases food supply, economic growth, and female employment and might be the best alternative to fossil fuels. Necessary policy related to bioenergy industry growth can be formulated, especially in achieving the sustainable development goals for social businesses.

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“…Growing rural population has a negative impact on rural transformation (Ude, 2020). Rural change is hampered by increased rural population.…”

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“…Rosnąca liczba ludności wiejskiej ma negatywny wpływ na transformację obszarów wiejskich (Ude, 2020). Wzrost liczby ludności wiejskiej utrudnia zmiany na obszarach wiejskich.…”

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Informal Economy and Agricultural Productivity in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Saha,

Kumar Saha

2023

Zagadnienia Ekonomiki Rolnej / Problems of Agricultural Economi

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The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the informal economy and agricultural productivity in Bangladesh over a 25-year period from 1993 to 2018. While the impact of the black market on the economy is a well-studied topic, its implications for the agricultural sector in this specific country context was less explored. By controlling structural transformation, trade, and foreign direct investment (FDI) in agriculture, the authors employ autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) using Kripfganz and Schneider's (2018) approximations, as well as fully modified ordinary least square (FMOLS) and feasible generalized least square (FGLS) techniques. The results reveal that informality initially hampers agricultural productivity in the short term due to reduced government revenue, but in the long run, it acts as an active social protection system, fostering informal employment and providing essential amenities. Although the study's time span limits the investigation to this specific period, it serves as a crucial attempt to assess the impact of informality on agriculture in Bangladesh, highlighting the need for cautious consideration of both the benefits and drawbacks of the informal sector in enhancing agricultural productivity. Policymakers in Bangladesh should act cautiously, acknowledging the nuances of the informal sector's influence on agriculture to leverage its potential for sustainable economic growth.

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Mapping social impacts of agricultural commodity trade onto the sustainable development goals

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Dreoni

Ayompe

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Sustainable Development

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While international trade in agricultural commodities can spur economic development especially where governance is strong, there are also concerns about the local impacts of commodity production and their distribution on the environment and on people. The sustainable development goals (SDGs), though seeing trade as a means to support their achievement, recognise the need to address potential negative social and environmental impacts. It is therefore important to assess the contribution of international trade to the SDGs in commodity production areas. The environmental impacts of commodity production are widely acknowledged, but much less is known about its social impacts, and how this affects poverty reduction objectives across different dimensions. Impacts on human wellbeing and equity depend on a multitude of factors, including resources, systemic conditions and outputs of production. Through a broad literature review on soy, coffee, cocoa and palm oil, we show how studies

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Youth Employment Challenge and Rural Transformation in Africa

Cited by 7 publications

References 34 publications

Does Social Businesses Development Affect Bioenergy Industry Growth under the Pathway of Sustainable Development?

Does Social Businesses Development Affect Bioenergy Industry Growth under the Pathway of Sustainable Development?

Informal Economy and Agricultural Productivity in Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Mapping social impacts of agricultural commodity trade onto the sustainable development goals

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