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AGIWorkingPaper#41

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AddressingAfrica’syouthunemploymentthroughindustrieswithoutsmokestacks

November2021

Thepotentialofindustrieswithoutsmokestackstoaddressunemployment

AnEthiopiacasestudy

TsegayGebrekidanTekleselassie

Industries

Industrieswithoutsmokestacks

Employment

Employmentcreation,laborskillsrequirements,andskillsgapsforyoungpeople:AnEthiopiacasestudy

Africa

AfricaGrowthInitiativeatBrookings

TsegayGebrekidanTekleselassieisaleadresearcheratthePolicyStudiesInstituteinEthiopia.

Acknowledgements

TheauthorwouldliketothankJibrilHajiforexcellentresearchassistance.

BrookingsgratefullyacknowledgesthefinancialsupportforAGI’sIndustriesWithoutSmokestacksprojectprovidedbyCanada’sInternationalDevelopmentResearchCentre(IDRC)andtheMastercardFoundation.Brookingsrecognizesthatthevalueitprovidesisinitscommitmenttoquality,independence,andimpact.Activitiessupportedbyitsdonorsreflectthiscommitment.TheviewsexpressedbyBrookingsdonotnecessarilyrepresentthoseofIDRCoritsBoardofGovernors,ortheMastercardFoundationoritsBoardofDirectors.

TheBrookingsInstitutionisanonprofitorganizationdevotedtoindependentresearchandpolicysolutions.Itsmissionistoconducthigh-quality,independentresearchand,basedonthatresearch,toprovideinnovative,practicalrecommendationsforpolicymakersandthepublic.TheconclusionsandrecommendationsofanyBrookingspublicationaresolelythoseofitsauthor(s),anddonotreflecttheviewsoftheInstitution,itsmanagement,oritsotherscholars.

Abstract

ThestudyinvestigatesthepotentialofIndustrieswithoutSmokestacks(IWOSS)tocreatejobsinEthiopiaandfocusesonagro-processing(particularlyfoodandbeverage),horticulture,tourism,andtransportsectors.Thesecategorieswereselectedduetotheiremploymentpotential,productivity,andtradability.

TheIWOSSsectors