{"id":6605,"date":"2019-11-15T11:13:03","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T08:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6605"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:41","slug":"new-development-models-to-drive-growth-and-employment-for-youth-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/11\/15\/new-development-models-to-drive-growth-and-employment-for-youth-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"New Development Models To Drive Growth And Employment For Youth In Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By the UN Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched the Global\nEnvironment Outlook-6 (GEO-6) for Youth in Africa report on the margins of the\n17th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\nreport analyses the economic opportunities that Africa\u2019s natural resources can\nprovide for job creation and sustainable development. It also provides a package\nof solutions to tackle Africa\u2019s youth unemployment through the Green Economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis\nPublication is anchored substantively in the UNEP\u2019s sixth Global Environment\nOutlook (GEO-6) Regional Assessment for Africa,\u201d said Juliette Biao\nKoudenoukpo, Director of UNEP\u2019s Regional Office for Africa. \u201cThis Assessment\nhas a very clear message; Africa has an opportunity to use its large young\npopulation to drive its growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Africa\u2019s\nyouth remains the most hit by unemployment. One-third of Africa\u2019s 420 million\nyouth aged 15 to 35 are unemployed. Of these, 35 per cent are vulnerably\nemployed and 19 per cent are inactive. These numbers will increase dramatically\nunless urgent actions are not taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report recommends that Africa\u2019s natural capital should be managed sustainably to enhance the livelihoods of African young population, create more sustainable and decent jobs as well as increase social and economic cohesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unenvironment.org\/news-and-stories\/press-release\/new-development-models-drive-growth-and-employment-youth-africa\">Read more>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the UN Environment The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched the Global Environment Outlook-6 (GEO-6) for Youth in Africa report on the margins of the 17th session of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}