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De:	BUNDI PHILIP KABIRU [ Profil ]
Sujet:	quiz 3 and 4 contribution
Envoyé:	Jun 28th, 2008 - 07:42:56

	3a) what sectors of the economy(both formal and informal) are young women and men engaged in?What kinds of work are they doing? It is well known that young people represent 25% of the global workforce in labour market yet 43.7% of the world\'s unemployed.In this regard majority of youth work in horticultural sectors, transport sector, other work as housegirls and others work as secretaries who are paid peanuts. 3b) Consequences of urban economic inequality for youth. Poor infrastructures,inadequate land,exploitation by middlemen, collapsed cooperatives societies, inadequate credit facilities and high costs of inputs are the cause of economic inequality and this has resulted to youth engaging in vices such as consumption of illicit brews,rise in Hiv and Aids pandemic, insecurity.These causes has actyed as barriers for the youth to explore their knowledge and skills.This has also brought the issue of choosy whereby youth now start to choose what kind of activity to undertake.This has also created gaps between youths.Those from poor background become useless whereas those from rich prosper and hopelessness and rejection attitude develops. 3c)Strategies to be recommended To establish and equip resource centres in every town and to be run and managed by youth.It will act as a drop in centre where the youth can exchange ideas as they acquire more knowledge To exempt the fees such as trading licence fee for the youth who are start up To revive the cooperative societies as we create more and need to equip them with the modern equipment. To regulate the prices of farm inputs and offering favourable credit facilities without putting conditions on collateral due to fact that youth have no land/security. Lastly to use bottom-up development approach whereby the youth identify their needs and strategies on achieving such needs. 3d) Role of youth in strategic planning They should be the ones to mobilise and participate in identifying the needs and strategising the action plan. They should be informed in advance on any project proposal which is earmarked for implementation in their respective areas. 4a) Major urban environmental issues in my town The issue of air pollution,discharge of sewerage and industrial effluents,woodlots among many are the major challenges that need to be addressed.They affect the lives of everyone and mostly the invisible poors. b) The youth are involved in urban environmental issues in both positive and negative affairs and mostly in doing.They are not involved in planning.So the youth do it without know how on how to go about it.Its surprising to find a youth engaged in an affair yet he/she does not know whether it is right or wrong.Need to equip them with basic knowledge.For instance in the year 2003 when the Narc government in kenya introduced the issue of safety belt in transport sector so many people thought that the minister was going against yet the policy exist.I noted that although sthe policies are already gazetted the majority are not aware. 4c) Three major urban environmental issues to emphasized. To encourage planting of more trees as we discourage cutting of tree any how. To introduce fireless cooker manufacturing as an alternative way to mitigate against this dangerous habit of felling trees. Recycling of polythene papers instead setting dumping sites. Good water reservoirs to be put in place 4d) I think the role of youth is to acquire knowledge on environmental issues.They need to know the importance and disadvantages that are associated with environmental issues.We must learn and let learn.

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