The Influence of Youth Economic Empowerment Project on Employability of Youth in Tanzania: A Case of Ilala Municipality

Abstract

The study assessed the influence of a youth economic empowerment projects on youth employability in Ilala Municipality in Dar es Salaam region-Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the role of training, the contribution of savings and credit facilities and start-up tools provision on the employability of youth. The study used a stratified and random sampling techniques to select 121 youths for a survey. The data were analyzed using descriptive and multiple regression analysis. The findings showed a significant and positive relationship between therole of training, the contribution of savings and credit facilities, and the role of start-up tools provision on youth employability in Ilala municipality. The study, therefore, recommends that, for promoting youth employability in Tanzania, the government, NGOs and projects should provide training and start-up tools to youth. Furthermore, the stakeholders should facilitate capital access to youth by empowering the savings and credits groups

Contribution of Local Government Loans to Youths on Income Increment: a Case Study of Mafinga Town Council, Iringa Region, Tanzania

“…In Tanzania YDF was created in 1994 and aimed at empowering youth through small enterprise development using financial instruments and other support that enable it to increase income (Regina et al, 2020). Youth empowerment through soft loans and youths' funds provided by the government is perceived as a silver stone to address a problem of youths' empowerment and influence their access to financial capital and, therefore, economic growth [9,10]. Moreover, youth's empowerment through government soft loans in their small enterprises can be considered as a measure that leads to asset ownership to youths, food accessibility, and youth to access health services [11,12].…”

“…Many studies have been conducted about the role of Local Governments loans in improving people's welfare as shown above in literature review. For instance Regina et al, [12], Haji [6], Banks [26], Kitabu [9] and Magali and Mbagwa [10] stated that YDF was supported income generating activities among youth has contributed significantly to improve livelihood of the beneficiaries in terms of income increment, saving and other social services. The contribution observed to a large extent was influenced by an increase in income among of the youth YDF beneficiaries.…”