Youth can be huge asset for Africa’s economic transformation if empowered, says ECA’s Ruzvidzo
Leveraging Africa’s demographic dividend for future growth and prosperity is criticalif the continent is to leave no one behind as it surges ahead with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Africa’s Agenda 2063, says Ms. Thoko Ruzvidzo, Economic Commission for Africa’s Social Development Policy Director. In her presentation in a side event on what leaving no one behind actually looks like in Africa at the ongoing fourth African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD), Ms. Ruzvidzo said more than 10-12 million African youth were joining the labour force each year but not finding any jobs.
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| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2018-05
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/45436 |
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