Tag: Youth

tralac’s primary aim is to help build capacity for government officials, policymakers, and regional organisations to more adequately address the most pressing trade matters facin...

Youth unemployment, insecure land tenure and weak value chains are the main obstacles in the way of ending poverty and inequality in West and Central Africa, says a new report to b...

The countries of the Southern African Customs Union have relatively diverse demographic and economic starting points. These economies have the potential to realize demographic divi...

Youth are Africa’s greatest asset. While Africa’s economic growth is positive, there is an urgent need to promote inclusive economic transformation and jobs-induced growth to i...

The world will struggle with population growth, aging, migration, and urbanization Humankind is being buffeted by the forces of demographic change. The most prominent changes are...

Marking the end of the two-day United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, the President of the 54-member body told hundreds of youth leaders that the event ex...

Reducing inequalities and the creation of work are critical for human development in the region, says the 2015 Human Development Report. Significant gains have been made in human ...

Marking the Africa Industrialization Day, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is calling for job creation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for women and youth to era...

In the coming decades, global growth will depend on today’s young people. Combatting the persistent youth employment crisis requires a global effort and proactive action. One th...

Highlights from the Fifth African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), 29 September-2 October 2015, Lusaka, Zambia More than 600 men, women and youth attended the AGRF 2015. Over 200 ca...

Analysis turns tables on “ticking time bomb” narrative to reveal world’s largest youth population is as important to African agriculture as seeds and soil A hard hitting rep...

Leaders target investments and polices for African farmers and enterprises to meet rising food demand in an urbanizing Africa The rapid rise of urban food markets across sub-Sahar...

A new economic analysis shows that putting South Africa’s high and growing working population to work could push growth above 5% per year and double income South Africa could do...

Protecting jobs was a key highlight of the national budgets read simultaneously by EAC finance ministers on Thursday last week. In the budgets, the finance ministers announc...