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Young men nap the afternoon away at the Railway grounds in Uganda's capital, Kampala recently. Many people who have no jobs tend to idle their time away. Photo by Abubaker Lubowa
What you need to know:
- Mr Banga said at the World Bank their jobs strategy gives direction on how countries can create more jobs
The World Bank Group has warned that over the next 10 to 15 years, 1.2 billion young people in the world will arrive at a job market projected to offer only about 400 million jobs.
As the population of young people keeps growing and entering the job market, the World Bank advised participants attending its annual meetings with the IMF that governments from around the world should focus on creating more jobs in their countries because a job is not a statistic.
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Father poisons two sons to death after failing to secure job
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How to tame unemployment monster
To bridge the gap, the stakeholders suggested stronger partnerships between education institutions and the private sector
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Inside govt plan to tackle youth unemployment crisisAccording to the survey, 9.3 million youth are neither in education, employment, or receiving training
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Railway land encroachers to be evicted starting Monday
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Higher costs ahead: Land title, transfer fees set to rise“The land registration fees have been too old, and the government needs to raise revenue. If you look at the increment, it’s manageable because we were simply adding a small fraction to the...