Recommendations AYP Initiative one; Alternative Youth Livelihood Project
AYP initiative two; African Youth Development Platform
AYP initiative four; Trash is cash
AYP initiative three; Empowering youth
AYP initiative five; Youth Employment and Business Development
AYP initiative six; Youth for an open society
NGO-forum discussion papers
Climate Change, Hunger and Poverty
Global warming will have severe and negative effects on the livelihood of millions of the world’s poorest people. The most marginalised and vulnerable groups with the lowest adaptation capacity will be affected the most and forecasts foresee drastic impacts on poverty, food security and hunger in the world’s poorest countries. DOWNLOAD
HIV/AIDS, growth and employment in Africa
HIV/AIDS has had a devastating impact in Sub-Saharan Africa. 68% of all people infected with HIV live in this region, 90% of all infected children are African and 77% of all people who died of AIDS lived in Africa. The impact is felt across all sectors of society. It is therefore critical that the Africa Commission actively addresses HIV/AIDS as part of the development planning related to youth, job creation and economic growth in Africa. DOWNLOAD
Women’s economic empowerment
Women are being excluded from full participation in economic life and it has direct consequences for the welfare of individual families and for the entire economy. Increasing economic opportunities for women is essential for improving women’s lives and accelerating economic growth and development, with potential to lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. It is generally recognised that progress on gender equality is necessary in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. DOWNLOAD
Agriculture, growth and employment in Africa
Agriculture is key to employment, growth and poverty reduction in Africa. It is by far the most important sector for any reform agenda in Africa. But it is largely overlooked in development policies and programs. While 75 per cent of the world’s poor live in rural areas in developing countries, only 4 per cent of official development assistance goes to agriculture. DOWNLOAD
African Youth
Several Sub-Saharan African countries have a relatively positive outlook on issues of democracy, public reforms and quest for development by political actors. Notwithstanding the positive outlook, many African countries are challenged with massive youth unemployment and hopelessness attributed partly to the indifference of political actors towards designing youth development policies and partly due to outmoded cultural practices by traditional leaders on roles of community members. DOWNLOAD |
