Youth advocates in Mauritania also stress the need for young people to be involved in governance and policy making to ensure the development of effective and responsive programmes (UNICEF, 2020). [...] At the same time, a majority of young people offer positive assessments of the country’s economy and their personal living conditions and are in agreement with the country’s overall direction. [...] Mauritanian youth are about as likely as older citizens to engage in political and civic processes to ensure that their voices are heard and their needs are addressed, with the glaring exception of voting in elections. [...] Regional coordination of national partners in about 35 countries is provided by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africa, and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. [...] Institute of Peace, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation via the World Bank Think Africa Project, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Open Society Foundations - Africa, Luminate, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Mastercard Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the European Union Commission, the World Bank Group, the Ministry o.
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Table of Contents
- Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 874 Stephen Quansah 1
- Summary 1
- Afrobarometer surveys 2
- Key findings 2
- Education and employment status 2
- Figure 1 Educational attainment 3
- Figure 2 Employment status 3
- Figure 3 Employment and student status 4
- Priorities for action and government performance 4
- Do your own analysis of Afrobarometer data on any question 4
- Figure 4 Most important problems 5
- Figure 5 Approval of government performance on youth priorities 6
- The countrys direction and economic situation 6
- Figure 6 Countrys direction 6
- Figure 7 Positive assessments of countrys economy and personal living conditions 7
- Figure 8 Retrospective and prospective assessment of countrys economic conditions 8
- Mauritania 2023 8
- Political engagement 8
- Figure 9 Contacted political representatives 9
- Figure 10 Political participation 9
- Conclusion 10
- References 11
- International Foundation for Electoral Systems. 2023. 2023 elections and IFES in Mauritania. International Labour Organization. 2020. Global employment trends for youth 2020 Technology 11
