Publication

This policy note addresses several issues and policy priorities relating to urban youth in post-conflict Africa. It argues that it is the youth who have been marginalized into a chronic state of youth as opposed to an age-categorized youth, that poses a danger for stability in many African countries. This way of defining youth demands special efforts and raises special concerns when international donor communities create and implement youth-specific projects in post-conflict areas. The policy note reflects on a number of issues that will help improve the results of such projects including gender relations, the problem of social elites and the advantages and disadvantages of using already existing work training programs.