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Welcome to the Data collection and tracking tool on African Youth (under construction)

The web based application is designed to help in providing readily available data on the status of youth on each member of the African Union. It attempt to capture surrogated data on the Diaspora also. In the future it will help to compare progress amongst member states towards the decade PoA.

With core indicators on a broad range of youth issues, this resource aims to be useful in providing comparable data and information on:

  • Assessing demographic share and trends
  • Analyzing the socio-economic situation of young people in Africa
  • Designing evidence based youth policies, strategies and programmes
  • Integrating youth lens to national planning and budgets
  • Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of policies and programs
  • Tracking progress towards the PoA and other international and national development goals with a bearing in youth
  • Raising the awareness about the importance of youth development in national growth and development among government decision-makers and the public at large
 

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