Explain five challenges that may be experienced by a country whose population is made up of a large proportion of young people

      

Explain five challenges that may be experienced by a country whose population is made up of a
large proportion of young people

  

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- High rate of unemployment - demand for jobs will increase
-Rate of crime / social evils may rise as the youth remain idle/they are likely to resort to crime as they look for means of survival
-Constraints/pressure on goods/services associated with young people due to increase in demand as demand may outstrip supply
-Dependency ratio will rise as economically active population will shoulder a bigger economic burden
-Reduced investment /savings/investment will decline as a result of high rate of consumption by young people/leads to low
development
-Low per capita income - since national income is spread over a large non-contributing / non-productive population/ low
standard of living
-Problem of raising government finance which force the government to direct resources meant for other sectors to cater
for the young people
- Low labour supply as many young people may not have attained the working age
Githiari answered the question on September 22, 2017 at 22:47


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