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The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) Repository serves as a comprehensive platform for digital information and knowledge produced by PASGR in fulfilling our various mandates. This Repository was created to enhance the visibility, accessibility, and effective dissemination of PASGR's information and knowledge to all stakeholders, while also preserving institutional memory for posterity.
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Item type: Item , Public-Private Partnerships During and After COVID-19(PASGR, 2023) Kellen Kiambati; Timothy Oketch; Stephen Odebero; Elizabeth KalundaPublic-private partnerships (PPPs) have become essential for higher education delivery worldwide. Growing evidence shows that such partnerships create opportunities for improving access and resourcing higher education institutions, as well as improving service delivery in the education sector. As part of the growing need to explore opportunities for PPPs in enhancing higher education in Kenya, especially in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) commissioned a mixed-methods study among higher education students, faculty, and other higher education stakeholders. As the evidence shows, the private sector partnered with the State to support the transition into online teaching and learning. KENET distributed 5,000 SIM cards loadable with 30GB of data per month for free for students. Safaricom PLC and Telkom Kenya PLC also engaged in different partnership arrangements, such as edu-bundle to support students and higher education institutions during the pandemic. The support notwithstanding, there exist critical gaps in access and utilization of these services, calling for the need to strengthen PPPs for increased access, equity, and quality of higher education services in a post-COVID-19 pandemic era.Item type: Item , Strengthening Equitable Access to Quality Higher Education in the Pandemic Environment in Kenya(PASGR, 2023-08) James Otieno Jowi; Jackline Nyerere; Philip Ouma AyooThe paper makes an important contribution to this contemporary issue –the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Kenya’s higher education and will thus be useful to university leaders, policy makers, academics, and other key stakeholders such as the private sector and international development partners. It makes a strong case for Evidence-Informed Policy Making for future responses to such crises and as a way of building the capacity and resilience of Kenyan universities for such disruptions.Item type: Item , Aspiring & Hopeful Generations(PASGR, 2023-10) Adamnesh BogaleEthiopia is characterized as a young population. According to The National Reproductive Survey in 2020, 20% of the population is aged between 15 to 24 years old, while 70% of the population is less than 35 years of age. While the number of young people entering the labor market is increasing at an alarming rate, employment opportunities are inadequate to accommodate this new labor force, particularly showing a much higher rate for urban youth. According to the Ethiopian Central Statistical Agency rate of unemployment among urban young people in Ethiopia, which was 16.9% in 2016, has risen to 19.1% in 2018. Low educational attainment is one of the key factors responsible for the high unemployment rate of youth, as most of them are less likely to pursue their education beyond primary education. Failure to pass national examinations to pursue education in upper-secondary schools and universities is thus another challenge for the Ethiopian youth. For this reason, a greater number of young women and men are engaged in the informal sector to earn their living. Moreover, the income-generating activities that young women and men engage in are highly gendered, and only a few young women can establish viable businesses. Despite the blueprint concerning youth challenges of accessing livelihood opportunities, there has been limited research on young people’s aspirations and their perception of dignified and fulfilling work in a manner to includes the youth voice in policy crafting.Item type: Item , Economic Aspirations of Ghanaian Youth(PASGR, 2023-10) Thomas Yeboah; Thomas Padi Apai; Jemima Asigma DiakpengIn Ghana and elsewhere in many African countries, there is a growing crisis of unemployment and underemployment among the youthful population. The Ghana Statistical Service Population and Housing Census (2021) shows that nearly one in five young people in Ghana is unemployed. Indeed, many young men and women in Ghana face severe challenges transitioning from school to work. The employment challenge became severe following the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, which, according to the ILO, posed significant challenges on three fronts: (i) disruptions to education, training, and work-based learning; (ii) increased difficulties for young jobseekers and new labour market entrants; and (iii) job and income losses, along with deteriorating quality of employment. The crisis has also brought attention to the vulnerabilities of young entrepreneurs and the lack of social protection coverage for young men and women running small-scale enterprises. Many small-scale businesses operated by young men and women have been impacted by the crisis, leading to loss of income, businesses, and assets. In view of the renewed focus on promoting decent employment among the youth in post post-COVID-19 era, highlighted in SDG 8, there is growing recognition of the need to centre the economic aspirations of young people in the design and implementation of youth employment policies and programmes. What are the economic aspirations of young men and women in Ghana today? And what set of policies is needed to enable young men and women in Ghana to realise their economic aspirations around employment in a post-COVID-19 era? To answer these questions, we consider the findings of a multi-country research programme on youth aspirations, resilience, and adaptability using data collected from a nationally representative sample (n=1639) of young men and women in both rural and urban Ghana.Item type: Item , Threatened Aspirations, Undaunted Resilience(PASGR, 2023-10) Babatunde Ojebuyi; Oluwafunmilayo Aminu; Oluwabusolami Oluwajulugbe; Ridwan Kolawole; Oluwaseun AyomipoThe study conceptualized young women’s and men’s aspirations as their quest for improved living conditions or status in society; a process of young people wishing and envisioning what they would like to be in the future. It is defined as the driving force behind a young person’s life path and well-being. Young women’s and men’s resilience was conceptualized as their ability to deploy resources to navigate through various obstacles to achieve their aspirations, while adaptability is defined as young women’s and men’s capacity in the post-COVID era to influence and manage their resilience in their bid to avoid undesirable outcomes. It was projected that the extent to which young people can manage and influence their resilience determines the nature of the outcome they get in their aspirations for good livelihoods in the post-COVID era.