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Wanted: jobs for Africa’s youth - Broadening consultation

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Article Overview: At the PRSP review in Cairo, Tanzania’s anti-poverty programme was commended for containing some measurable goals, specific targets and time periods by which job plans would be carried out.

Wanted: jobs for Africa’s youth - Broadening consultation

From Africa Renewal, Vol.20 #3 (October 2006), page 6

By Gumisai Mutume

At the PRSP review in Cairo, Tanzania’s anti-poverty programme was commended for containing some measurable goals, specific targets and time periods by which job plans would be carried out. The World Bank had approved Tanzania’s first PRSP in 2000. That one reflected little input from employers and workers, despite a general requirement that the preparation of the documents involve domestic stakeholders. But by the time Tanzania produced its second strategy in 2005, the labour ministry, with assistance from the ILO, had incorporated suggestions from the national employers’ association and the trade unions.

“In part, the weakness of the employment policy dimension of PRSPs probably reflects the relative absence of labour ministries and their social partners from the consultation processes for the drafting of the first papers,” noted the ILO. Larger questions, such as how to translate economic growth into jobs, are yet to be fully integrated into poverty reduction strategies, but “this is likely to change as PRSPs evolve.”

Tanzania’s current PRSP requires the government to promote business-friendly policies, provide flexible loans to support poor women in setting up businesses and encourage small and micro-enterprises. But, as with the other PRSPs under review, Tanzania’s strategy does not address youth unemployment as a specific challenge requiring special attention. By grouping youth together with all other job seekers, such plans overlook young people’s particular economic and social needs.

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Article Tags: Cairo Tanzania, Gumisai Mutume, ILO, Tanzania, World Bank



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