Its report on regional demographics says putting Southern Africa’s increasing working-age population to work by 2050 could increase incomes per capita, reduce poverty and increase growth in five of its countries.

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The World Bank says to realize its potential, Southern African countries will need to bolster the employability of the current working-age population with continuous and remedial education, labour insertion programmes and social assistance.

Even more importantly, its report  – Forever Young? Social policies for a changing population in Southern Africa – holds that government will have to balance the need for immediate job creation solutions with investments in people’s long term development and potential, starting from a young age.

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