Being "real" about youth entrepreneurship in Eastern and Southern Africa : implications for adults, institutions and sector structures
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entry into working life.; entrepreneurship.; trend; young workers.; livelihoods; microenterprise; promotion of employment; insertion professionnelle; esprit d'entreprise; tendance; jeune travailleur; moyens d'existence; microentreprise; promotion de l'emploi; inserción profesional; capacidad empresarial; tendencia; joven trabajador; medios de vida; microempresa; fomento del empleo;All these keywords.
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