Description: Zambia's Jobs Challenge : Realities on the Ground

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Zambia's Jobs Challenge : Realities on the Ground

In September 2013, the World Bank launched the second Zambia economic brief, entitled Zambia's jobs challenge: realities on the ground. This report presents response of the youth to the facts and figures shared in the Zambia economic brief. It...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO RESOURCES AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LABOUR AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL R&AMP;D AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION AQUACULTURE ARABLE LAND BANKS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS BIOTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS BUSINESS INCUBATORS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH CROPS CASUAL WORKERS COLLATERAL COMMERCIAL FARMING COTTON PRODUCTION CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP FAILURE CROP PRODUCTION CROP ROTATION DEVELOPMENT BANK DIET DISEASES DROUGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPOWERMENT ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEUR ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ENTREPRENEURIAL SUCCESS ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING ENTREPRENEURS EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPORT MARKETS EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FAMILIES FAMILY BUSINESS FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM INCOMES FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARMER FARMERS FARMING COMMUNITIES FARMING TECHNOLOGIES FARMS FEED FERTILIZERS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISH FISHERIES FOOD CROP FOOD CROPS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN INVESTMENT FREE ACCESS GENDER GENDER GAP GOVERNMENT POLICIES GREATER ACCESS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOME ECONOMICS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBAND IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME INCOME FLUCTUATIONS INCOME SHOCKS INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IRRIGATION JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LABOUR FORCE LABOUR FORCE SURVEY LABOUR LAW LABOUR LAWS LABOUR MARKET LACK OF FINANCES LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL FARMERS LOW INTEREST RATE MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING MEAT MICRO- LENDING MILK MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES NEW BUSINESSES NEW TECHNOLOGIES NGOS NUTRITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PERMANENT RESIDENCE POOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PROFITABLE BUSINESS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INVESTMENT QUALITY OF LIFE RE-INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATES REDUCTION OF INCOME REGULATORY POLICY REMOTE AREAS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DWELLERS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL FARMERS RURAL GROWTH RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL RESIDENTS SCIENTISTS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SMALL BUSINESSES SMALL SCALE FARMERS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SMALLHOLDER FARMER SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER INCOMES SMALLHOLDER SECTOR SMALLHOLDERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SECURITY SOIL FERTILITY SOURCE OF INCOME SOURCES OF INCOME START-UPS SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS TAX INCENTIVES TEXTILES TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSITIES URBAN AREAS VEGETABLES VILLAGES WAGE EMPLOYMENT WATER RESOURCES WEALTH CREATION WOMAN WOOD
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/19515195/think-jobs-youth-respond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18697

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Summary:	In September 2013, the World Bank launched the second Zambia economic brief, entitled Zambia's jobs challenge: realities on the ground. This report presents response of the youth to the facts and figures shared in the Zambia economic brief. It gives a broad range of discussion, often provocative, as to how Zambia's employment challenges can be tackled. It discusses the issues as diverse as cultural mind-set, absence of entrepreneurial training, weaknesses in labor laws, and low investments in agriculture research and development.