Promoting Youth Participation in Public-Private Dialogue

This report focusses on how Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) can be inclusive of youth and the benefits that can come from this approach. For policymakers and governments this includes more relevant, informed and effective policy design, better decision making, improved planning, management and implementation of new policies, improved trust with key stakeholders and the ability to […]

This report aims to showcase opportunities for promoting youth entrepreneurship in countries in African, the Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) regions by implementing strategic business environment reforms (BER). It delves into the challenges faced by young entrepreneurs in the current ACP contexts and suggests ways for policymakers to improve the conditions for starting and running businesses. […]

More than one-third of young people in the ACP region work as entrepreneurs. Women represent two out of every five early-stage entrepreneurs globally, and entrepreneurial activity among young women in ACP countries is high. However, young people's access to opportunities for developing their businesses is hampered, among other things, by poor policy and institutional conditions, lack of information on business support services, and lack of coordination and training among civil servants assisting them. This blogpost also invites readers to join our upcoming webinar to learn more about business environment reforms for youth entrepreneurship in ACP region on 16th May.

The Tanzanian agriculture sector depends heavily on the contributions of women and young people. Many of them would like to invest in new machinery, in more land or to use better farming methods. But often they fail because they do not qualify for bank loans. The Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank has set out to change this.

Many countries in the ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) region have made supporting young entrepreneurs a top priority for economic development and youth employment. Despite this, young entrepreneurs face challenging business conditions and complicated policy and regulatory contexts in launching and running their businesses. This webinar hosted by the ICR Facility provided an opportunity for […]