| INTRODUCTION
We all share a vision of a just and more equitable global economic order. We all know that youth power can fuel the change we wish to see in the world. And yet, though 20% of all young people have the potential to become entrepreneurs, only 5% do. In motivating the other 15% to take to entrepreneurship and create employment, lies the challenge of change.
The Asian Summit on Youth Entrepreneurship & Employment is the first-of- a-kind conference that aims at distilling a common strategy to help Asian countries develop business agendas for their youth.
The Summit will be addressed by Asian & Indian:
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Decision makers & policy framers
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Entrepreneurship and employment experts
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ILO, World Bank, ADB and UN officials
His Royal Highness
Prince of Wales
has been invited to the summit.
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Asia has 300 million unemployed youth in the 18-35 age group.
China and India are the world's fastest growing economies.
Youth unemployment and under-employment in South Asia is as high as 50-60 per cent.
Manufacturing and service excellence in Asian countries drive global competitiveness.
Millions of young Asians work for less than a dollar a day.
Asia leads the world in design innovations in electronics and automobiles.
Contradictory realities of our imperfect world. |
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