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第25回優秀賞of entrepreneurship in Africa as one way of dealing with youth unemployment andpoverty (Chigunta et al. 2005: 15). Such programs should be widely expanded becausedespite evidence of a genuine desire among many young Africans to generate theirown economic activity, numerous barriers remain. For the majority of young people inZambia for instance, the biggest causes of social exclusion and frustration are lack ofeducation and employment opportunities, creating a mutually reinforcing relationshipbetween negative attitudes towards youth and their continued exclusion (UNDP2006: 23). Moreover, even when vocational education and training is available, it isoften irrelevant or outdated, not reflecting shifts in economies and in demand (UnitedNations 2007: 98). UN agencies need therefore to work to build on local resilienceand know how by finding ways to support relevant small-scale enterprise relatedskill building, thereby assisting in the gradual development of viable businesses andincreased trade.RecommendationsResearch still has many questions to answer about the role of formal educationand other kinds of training, as well as the role of gender and regional variation inyouth employment and education. Clearly however, the UN has a role to play bothin supporting young people through education and training, and by helping to shiftattitudes towards youth. By giving young people the tools to support their ownlivelihoods, they will naturally orient themselves towards attempting to deal withthe problems that surround them, and the benefits will go to the whole community.To suggest that there is some kind of silver bullet is of course nonsensical, but byfollowing the principle of encouraging positive attitudes to youth whilst workingwith governments, communities, the private sector and other development actors to713