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Nearly 1 billion of the world’s 1.2 billion youth live in developing countries and half of them in rural areas where they are most often poor, lack economic opportunities and face constraints to access land, services, technology and training.
In the poorest nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the youth population is growing fast, the problem is particularly acute. These countries have the fewest resources to address the challenges they will face in the coming years.
Around the developing world, governments are looking for solutions to provide young people with jobs and opportunities that safeguard their futures and provide them with an alternative to migration.
IFAD's 2019 Rural Development report – Creating opportunities for rural youth, presents the latest analysis on rural youth and makes recommendations to policymakers on how to best invest to avoid creating a "lost generation" of young people.
Media briefing - What does the future hold for young rural people?
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Also at the European Development Days
Large debate: What will it take to win the battle against hunger ?
This though-provoking debate organized by IFAD will bring together decision- and policy-makers who shape the global agenda to eliminate world hunger. Following news last year that global food insecurity and the number of hungry grew for a third year running, this session asks participants what it will take to get the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (zero hunger) back on track?
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Center stage interview: Gilbert F. Houngbo, IFAD President
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