What is National Youth Development Framework (NYDF)

Pakistan is a country that has the largest number of youths in its population, ranking fifth-largest young country in the world in 2021. While youth is actively seen as the driving force and one of the biggest factors in rapid development in a country, Pakistan is facing a great challenge to channel its youth towards the development of the country with alarming unemployment and literacy rates. This chapter will analyze this demographic trend in Pakistan with special attention to gender differences. It'll study how Pakistan is channeling its youth in education and the workforce areas and how it has been effective. Timor-Leste has also been studied to compare and find lessons for improvement. The COVID-19 crisis has deeply affected the whole world with its devastating effects. The different and unforeseen crisis came with various challenges. The study finds that the large youth population is a huge challenge for a developing country with limited resources, and despite the policies and projects initiated from time to time, the situation is still not satisfactory.