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This policy note provides a view of the main challenges facing Ghana youth and proposes policy options to address them …. The note: (i) highlights youth key characteristics from the perspective of their skills and jobs and the constraints they … face, (ii) describes the institutional set up and strategy governing youth employment interventions in Ghana and what is …
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Poverty reduction and youth employment remain deeply intertwined in Mauritania. Mauritania's job-related challenge is … exclusion. With youth (15-24 year olds) comprising over 40 percent of the population as of 2014, they are particularly … Mauritania, with a focus on constraints and opportunities facing youth over the short to long term. To this end, it assesses …
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Uganda's real GDP grew at 2.9 percent in FY20, less than half the 6.8 percent recorded in FY19, due to the effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis, and is expected to grow at a similar level in FY21, but downside risks are high. Economic activity stalled during the latter part of the fiscal...
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The labor force in Liberia is quite young. Youth aged 15 to 34 constitute over a third of thepopulation in Liberia and … are somewhat concentrated in urban areas, according to the 2008census. These youth represent both a demographic dividend … and a concern. The educational attainment of Liberian youth is steadily improving but remains low on average.Youth …
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research, policy and programming have historically focused on children and adults, there is a growing emphasis on youth as both … to support its incorporating human rights into youth violence programming and policy dialogues in Mexico and South Africa … project. This aims to encourage policy dialogue on youth and violence with the South African government and other stakeholders …
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