The Labor Market and Poverty in Sudan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23530501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Lange, Alvin Etang Ndip |
| Year | 2019 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1596/36101 |
| OpenAlex | W3192687413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Using the most recent household survey \n data, this paper examines the characteristics of Sudan’s \n labor market as it relates to poverty outcomes. Several \n important aspects of the labor market are analyzed, \n including the relationship between labor market indicators \n and the demographic structure of the population, geographic \n location, education, and gender. It highlights the \n significant differences in labor market outcomes depending \n on the structure and distribution of the population and \n Sudan’s labor market’s many challenges across different \n dimensions, including demography, gender, and geography. The \n four key messages can be summarized as follows: first, Sudan \n is at the verge of entering the earl-dividend stage of the \n demographic transition. Sudan’s population, while still very \n young, is on track to enter into the early-dividend stage of \n the demographic transition within just a few years, raising \n the stakes for job creation and investment in human capita. \n Second, while we find evidence for an increase in employment \n and labor force participation at the national level, this \n increase seems to be driven by seasonal labor in agriculture \n and increasing economic hardship, respectively. In urban \n areas, however, unemployment increased sharply, especially \n among youth. And despite the overall increase in employment \n and labor force participation, Sudan’s labor market still \n underperforms in comparison to its peers. Third, Sudan’s \n labor market is characterized by large gender disparities, \n including in terms of employment opportunities and pay. \n Finally, we find no signs of the beginnings of a structural \n transformation over the time-period author study; \n agriculture remains the mainstay of a large majority of \n employed Sudanese. Rather, labor productivity and real wages \n outside of agriculture declined markedly between 2009 and \n 2014, especially in sectors with links to the oil economy. \n The paper offers policy insights to enhance the role of the \n labor market in reducing poverty and boosting shared \n prosperity in Sudan, key among which are 1) encouraging \n private sector growth, 2) overcoming gender discrimination \n in the labor market, 3) investing in agriculture and \n re-storing price incentives, and 4) further expanding access \n to quality education.
Demographic dividend · Demographic economics · Dividend · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Investment (military) · Labor demand · Labor relations · Labour economics · Per capita · Political science · Population · Poverty · Secondary labor market · Sociology · Split labor market theory · Unemployment · Agricultural risk and resilience · Demography · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Income, Poverty, and Inequality
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |