1、HUMAN CAPITAL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT CREATION ADDRESSING AFRICAS SKILLS GAPHUMAN CAPITAL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT CREATIONADDRESSING AFRICAS SKILLS GAPEconomic Commission for Africa(ECA)Subregional Office for North Africa,Rabat,Morocco,Tel.:(+212)537 717 829www.uneca.orgOxford Economics AfricaCe

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4、ies,or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries,or its economic system or degree of development.Designations such as“developed”,“industrialized”and“developing”are intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage reached by a particular

5、country or area in the development process.Methodological note:Unemployment and the level of education represent key themes in this report.However,because countries follow different approaches in terms of defining and measuring unemployment and education metrics,and also for statistical soundness re

6、asons in many cases,it often proves more useful to utilise a single source for these metrics,especially for comparison,modelling and forecasting purposes.Hence,throughout this report,standardised figures often utilise sources different from those reported by statistical offices.Figures provided by s