The assessment of Entrepreneurial Climate on Youth Unemployment in kombolcha wereda, south woLlo, Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess local entrepreneurship climate on youth unemployment and to examine causes of youth unemployment at Kombolcha wereda. Quantitative and qualitative data was used in the study. Both data was collected from 384 sample households who have their own small business in the study area. Descriptive statistics analysis was used to describe the youths‟ composition and characteristics. From the study it was found that inability of the economy to generate adequate jobs, lack of technical skills, lack of experience, discrimination of the youth, irrelevant education system, inaccessibility to useful information on time, poor extension, marketing system and lack of access as the major causes for youth unemployment at the study area. At the same time it was found that the relation between entrepreneurial climate and youth unemployment was found to be negatively correlated which indicates that the more local entrepreneurial activities and business firms encouraged by the government, NGOs and youths themselves, the lower the incidence of youth unemployment rate in the city.