decent jobs for youth should be at the top of african development agenda， says ilo

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1、DecentJobsforYouthShouldBeattheTopofAfricanDevelopmentAgenda，SaysILO　　Informalityandvulnerableemploymentremaintherealityforthevastmajorityofyoungworkersintheregion，saysanewILOreportpreparedfortheWork4YouthRegionalConferencethattookplaceinAddisAbaba.Withmorethan

2、twothirdsofyoungworkers’potentialnotfullyutilized，thereisanurgentneedforcountriesinSubSaharanAfricatocreatequalityjobsforyouth，thereportadvocates.　　Africancountrieshaveexperiencedincredibleeconomicgrowthoverthepastseveralyears.TheWorldBankprojectsthatGDPgrowthi

3、nsub-SaharanAfricawillhit4.9percentthisyear，riseto5.3percentin2014andto5.5percentin2015.Butthequantityandqualityofjobsforyouthremainsahugechallenge.　　Accordingtothereporttitled“LabourmarkettransitionsofyoungwomenandmeninSub-SaharanAfrica”，theaverageyouthlabouru

4、nderutilizationrateintheregion--whichaddstheshareofyouthinirregularemployment，unemploymentandinactivenon-students--reached67.1percentin2012-13.　　Onlyaroundhalfoftheyouthintheregion（53.2percent）3areworking，whileonlyoneyouthinfourworksinastandardemploymentrelatio

5、nshipwithawrittencontract，thereportsays.Informalityandvulnerableemploymentremaintherealityforthevastmajorityofyoungworkersintheregion.　　Thestudywasbasedonrecentschool-to-worktransitionsurveys（SWTS），whichwerecarriedoutineightsub-SaharanAfricancountries（Benin，Lib

6、eria，Madagascar，Malawi，Tanzania，Togo，UgandaandZambia）undertheILO’sWork4Youth（W4Y）Project?aglobalpartnershipbetweentheILOandTheMasterCardFoundation.　　ThestudywaspreparedforthefirstWork4YouthRegionalConference，whichtookplaceinAddisAbaba.　　TheAddisAbabameeting--or

7、ganizedbytheILO’sYouthEmploymentProgramme--providesanopportunitytobetterassesshowstatisticalevidencecansupportthedesignandmonitoringofpolicytowardimprovedlabourmarkettransitionsofyoungpeopleintheregion.　　“With10millionyoungpeopleenteringthelabourmarketeachyear，

8、countriesinSub-SaharanAfricafaceanurgentneedtocreatequalityjobsthatguaranteethenecessaryincomeandmaterialindependenceforworkersandtheirfamilies.Thelowqualityofjobsdoesnotall