{"id":2418,"date":"2015-07-17T13:42:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T17:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/3ci\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2015-07-17T13:42:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T17:42:30","slug":"new-report-economic-opportunities-for-youth-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/3ci\/2015\/new-report-economic-opportunities-for-youth-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report: Economic Opportunities for Youth in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3ci Senior Fellow Edward Jackson&#8217;s organization, E.T. Jackson and Associates, recently collaborated with the MasterCard Foundation to produce\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastercardfdn.org\/what-were-learning-economic-opportunities-for-young-people\" target=\"_blank\">Youth at Work: Building Economic Opportunities for Young People in Africa<\/a><\/em>, a\u00a0thematic review outlining MasterCard Foundation&#8217;s\u00a0skills training projects for young people in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this report, the MasterCard Foundation highlights its key learnings, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The effectiveness of holistic models that build both \u201chard\u201d and \u201csoft\u201d skills;<\/li>\n<li>The importance of understanding which sectors of the economy have the most potential for young people;<\/li>\n<li>The need to find sustainable and cost-effective ways to deliver more of these programs at a much larger scale; and<\/li>\n<li>The need to elevate the voices and experiences of young people in the design and delivery of programs that affect them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To read more, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastercardfdn.org\/what-were-learning-economic-opportunities-for-young-people\" target=\"_blank\">download the publication here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3ci Senior Fellow Edward Jackson&#8217;s organization, E.T. 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