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Every country counts on its youth. When youth tremble, the world crumbles. - Fatoumata Tamboura, 15, a child journalist, at Kaoural FM, a community radio in the volatile central region of Mopti.
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Helping youth enterprise take off, will bring sustainable returns, say UN economists

2 July 2020
Global

Young entrepreneurs who want their work to have a positive impact on their communities, urgently need more help from governments if they’re to succeed and resist the COVID-19-fuelled economic downturn, UN economists said on Thursday.

A woman works as a fruit vendor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A single parent, she is accompanied at work by her two daughters.
UN Women/Fahad Abdullah Kaizer

'Bold and creative’ solutions needed for a sustainable, post-pandemic economy

1 July 2020
Global

Unless the world acts now, the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying global recession, will trigger “years of depressed and disrupted economic growth”, the UN chief warned on Wednesday.