High policy dialogue focuses on job creation in Nigeria, says ECA's Boko
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will continue to support Member States in their quest for sustainable development that promotes inclusive prosperity, economic opportunity and greater social well-being, says Sylvain Boko, Principal Regional Advisor on Planning and Statistics in the ECA’s Capacity Development Division. Speaking at the beginning of a two-day National Policy Dialogue on Job Creation in Nigeria, Mr. Boko said the ECA had the mandate to promote socio-economic well-being on the continent. The dialogue was necessitated by Nigeria’s jobless growth over the period 2000 - 2015. The growth was on the back of strong global commodity prices, especially the oil export boom. The Nigerian government says it recognizes this strong growth experience continued to be accompanied by several challenges, the most critical being unemployment. The main purpose of the policy dialogue was to conduct a comprehensive analysis of Nigeria’s employment landscape and come up with ways to significantly increase the number of new jobs in the country in the next five years. Participants discussed the framework for generating a deeper understanding of Nigeria’s unemployment challenge in terms of its magnitude, dimensions and the key determining factors and proposed various steps to address the unemployment challenge.
| Format: | Press release biblioteca |
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| Language: | eng |
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2018-07
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/45926 |
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