Rural Non-Farm Enterprises Dynamics and Youth Employment Challenges in Ethiopia

Evidences suggest that over time the contribution of the sector to employment and In Ethiopia the contribution of the rural non-farm income has increased. [...] With economic growth enterprise (RNFE) sector to employment and recorded and rise in the rural economy in Ethiopia income has increased overtime, and this and corresponding rise in youth population in the contribution is unlikely to diminish in the future rural areas, it is expected that rural non-farm given that rural businesses will be needed to enterprises grow in number, size and type of suppo. [...] While endowments are significant indicating the fact 67 percent of the matured households never that the sector requires initial investment and participated in RNFE, the figure for the youth skills to develop. [...] With a high population among the youth than the matured households, growth in Ethiopia especially the growth rate for indicating more dynamics among the youth than the youth, it is possible that the youth may not among the matured households. [...] The figures for matured households are 9.7 percent and 4.2 percent respectively, indicating that dynamics in The share of people who are continuously in movement into and out of high-return RNFE is RNFE is higher among the youth than the old.