IFAD report presents analysis on rural youth in developing countries

In the poorest nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the youth population is growing fast, the problem is particularly acute.

Nearly 1 billion of the world's 1.2 billion youth live in developing countries and half of them in rural areas where they are most often poor, lack economic opportunities and face constraints to accessing land, services, technology and training.

In the poorest nations in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the youth population is growing fast, the problem is particularly acute. These countries have the fewest resources to address the challenges they will face in the coming years.

Around the developing world, governments are looking for solutions to provide young people with jobs and opportunities that safeguard their futures and provide them with an alternative to migration.

IFAD's 2019 Rural Development report – Creating opportunities for rural youth, presents the latest analysis on rural youth and makes recommendations to policymakers on how to best invest to avoid creating a "lost generation" of young people.