Youth bulge or bomb? Harnessing the potential of Pakistani youth

On 28 April 2016, UNDP Pakistan in collaboration with the LSE South Asia Centre held a talk at LSE to discuss a new report on the challenges and opportunities of Pakistan’s youth bulge. The speakers, Marc-André Franche, the Country Director of the UNDP Pakistan, and Emrys Schoemaker, Communications & Conflict Specialist and a PhD candidate at LSE, drew on their expertise to ignite a conversation about the critical role of youth engagement as a strategy to improve human development and peace in Pakistan. The talk was chaired by Dr Mahvish Shami, Assistant Professor at the LSE’s Department of International Development. Dominykas Broga reports on the event.