Namibia: Youth Joblessness Linked to Poor Education Standards

Low levels of formal education and lack of workplace training are to blame for the spiralling unemployment rate among Namibia's youth, a new study has found. Young people accounted for 60 percent of the unemployed, according to research conducted by the Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI). The 2002/03 survey of the country's labour market put overall joblessness at 34 percent, with young people under the age of 25 most affected.