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Kenya lights the way for beleaguered youth of sub-Saharan Africa
Kenya has made the greatest strides in improving the conditions of young people over the past five years, according to a new index of global youth development.
Together with four other sub-Saharan countries – South Africa, Niger, Togo and Malawi – Kenya made the largest gains globally across a range of criteria, from health to political participation. However, sub-Saharan Africa still trailed all other regions in the global youth development index, produced by the Commonwealth and covering 183 countries.
Young people in Pakistan, Angola and Haiti experienced the greatest decline in conditions over the past five years according to the list, which is based on the UN’s human development index but focuses exclusively on people aged 15 to 29.
Regionally, youth development apparently worsened most markedly in Angola and Chad, which respectively declined by 11% and 7%. Central African Republic recorded the world’s lowest score.
At the other end of the scale, Germany ranked top for youth development, followed by Denmark, Australia, Switzerland and the UK. The only country in the top 30 that was not a high-income economy was Costa Rica, which scored particularly well then it came to health and wellbeing and political participation.
Kenya lights the way for beleaguered youth of sub-Saharan Africa
See full report here: http://cmydiprod.uksouth.cloudapp.a...Global Youth Development Index and Report.pdf
Kenya has made the greatest strides in improving the conditions of young people over the past five years, according to a new index of global youth development.
Together with four other sub-Saharan countries – South Africa, Niger, Togo and Malawi – Kenya made the largest gains globally across a range of criteria, from health to political participation. However, sub-Saharan Africa still trailed all other regions in the global youth development index, produced by the Commonwealth and covering 183 countries.
Young people in Pakistan, Angola and Haiti experienced the greatest decline in conditions over the past five years according to the list, which is based on the UN’s human development index but focuses exclusively on people aged 15 to 29.
Regionally, youth development apparently worsened most markedly in Angola and Chad, which respectively declined by 11% and 7%. Central African Republic recorded the world’s lowest score.
At the other end of the scale, Germany ranked top for youth development, followed by Denmark, Australia, Switzerland and the UK. The only country in the top 30 that was not a high-income economy was Costa Rica, which scored particularly well then it came to health and wellbeing and political participation.
Kenya lights the way for beleaguered youth of sub-Saharan Africa
See full report here: http://cmydiprod.uksouth.cloudapp.a...Global Youth Development Index and Report.pdf