Aspirations and Social Structure: a West African Example
- 23 January 1968
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Africa
- Vol. 38 (1) , 71-78
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1157340
Abstract
Opening ParagraphThe has been considerable concern in recent years with the large number of young people in various developing countries who receive a few years of primary education and then prove a drain on the economy because they cannot or will not find employment. The usual complaint has been that they all want clerical jobs for which they are marginally, if at all, qualified, and the usual remedy suggested has been a return to the farm.Keywords
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