State youth projects have had little impact - researchers

State youth projects have had little impact - researchers

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The multi-billion youth programmes by the government and the private sector have had little impact on growing their income, economic researchers argued yesterday.

The projects, whose roll out started in earnest in the last decade, have nonetheless improved their welfare through increased wages and new enterprises, the researchers said.

The implementation, they added, should be backed by research evidence to create sustainable job opportunities.

February 03, 2016