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    The impact of rural - urban migration to youth livelihoods
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2007) Mulungu, Dick
    This study investigated the impact of rural-urban migration to youth livelihood in Mbeya city. The studies focused on identifying push and pull factors of youth migration from rural to urban areas. Poverty, persistent mass poverty to be precise, in the rural areas was one of the major factors pushing people from the rural areas, while development of formal and informal sector in the urban areas were pull factors attracting young people to urban areas. The findings showed that the majority of respondents lacked formal education and necessary vocational skills to be employed in the urban labour market. Hence most of the young people ended up being employed in marginal jobs like petty commodity trade, barmaids, commercial sex workers, street food vendors, commuter bus conductors, which are paying better compared to rural earnings hence improving their livelihoods. The study also showed that due to limited opportunity of wage employment in Mbeya City such as few industries and few formal employments, most of the youth were employed in informal sector. Moreover, the finding revealed that the movement of young people from rural to urban areas was slightly changing the livelihood of the youth due to availability of business opportunities and other income generating activities in Mbeya City. Finally, the study recommends that effective rural development, poverty alleviation, and provision of necessary physical and social infrastructure can become an effective tool of minimizing young people moving away from the rural areas.