Action urgently needed for rural youth in poorest countries, says new UN report

 More effective policies and investments could help the world’s poorest countries offer a future to hundreds of millions of marginalized rural young people, according to a new UN report. The UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 2019 Rural Development Report shows that around 500 million young people — about half of the youth population of developing countries — live in rural areas. Prone to poverty and inequality, they face a range of challenges including lack of training and skills, limited access to land and credit,  scarce inputs and restricted…

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