An Investigation into the Obstacles to Youth Entrepreneurship in Botswana

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Entrepreneurship

Artificial Intelligence and Inequality in the Middle East

2020 ◽  
pp. 624-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagla Rizk
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Current State ◽  
Resource Poor ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The Impact

This chapter looks at the challenges, opportunities, and tensions facing the equitable development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the MENA region in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. While diverse in their natural and human resource endowments, countries of the region share a commonality in the predominance of a youthful population amid complex political and economic contexts. Rampant unemployment—especially among a growing young population—together with informality, gender, and digital inequalities, will likely shape the impact of AI technologies, especially in the region’s labor-abundant resource-poor countries. The chapter then analyzes issues related to data, legislative environment, infrastructure, and human resources as key inputs to AI technologies which in their current state may exacerbate existing inequalities. Ultimately, the promise for AI technologies for inclusion and helping mitigate inequalities lies in harnessing grounds-up youth entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives driven by data and AI, with a few hopeful signs coming from national policies.

Starting points matter: Cash plus training effects on youth entrepreneurship, skills, and resilience during an epidemic

2022 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 105698
Author(s):  
Nina Rosas ◽  
Maria Cecilia Acevedo ◽  
Samantha Zaldivar
Keyword(s):  
Training Effects ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship

MODELING INNOVATIVE YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE EXPERIENCE OF BELARUS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venelin Krastev Terziev ◽  
◽  
Vladimir Klimuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship ◽  
Great Damage

The model of a modern society is a „digital society” based on the widespread use of information and communication technologies. Information is of utmost importance. However, „unprocessed“, „unprepared“ information is not valuable, but quite the opposite – it causes great damage economic, technical, psychological, political and others). First of all, this concerns young people, who are exposed to the influence of „harmful factors“ (information messages, appeals) more than other categories of the population.

“Service” Municipal Administration as Part of the Development of Youth Entrepreneurship in Russia

2016 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
pp. 1151-1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana E. Martynova ◽  
Yuri Glebovich Dmitriev ◽  
Marina M. Gajfullina ◽  
Yulia A. Totskaya
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Administration ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship

Millennials empowerment: youth entrepreneurship for sustainable development

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ikedinachi K. Ogamba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Theory Building ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Youth Empowerment ◽  
Entrepreneurship Policy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurship Development ◽  
Complementary Action ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Youth Entrepreneurship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to knowledge and theory building in youth empowerment and entrepreneurship development. Design/methodology/approach This paper critically examines the Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YouWiN) programme and its relevance as a youth economic empowerment programme through the lens of the UNDP Youth Strategy entry points for promoting economic empowerment of youth and extant literature on critical youth empowerment using participatory development theories. Findings While YouWiN is a significant intervention towards entrepreneurship development, it presents some flaws and limitations in the design and implementation process, which may challenge sustainable economic development. Hence, there is a need to explore the millennials empowerment paradigm in light of three key complementary action-oriented approaches to youth entrepreneurship development. Originality/value This paper proposes three key complementary action-oriented approaches to youth entrepreneurship policy/programme design, implementation and evaluation for the multilateral agencies, private and voluntary sectors. These are in the form of facilitating participatory engagement and diversity, managing drivers (push/pull factors) of entrepreneurship, and ensuring access to enablers/support. There is the need for further debate and critical inputs to improve theory building towards a normative framework in youth empowerment and entrepreneurship. This contributes to ending poverty, and promoting intergenerational equity and sustainable development.

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