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Nearly 1 billion youth live in developing countries, almost half of them in rural areas. IFAD’s Rural Development Report 2019, finds that this enormous rural youth population can pay a rich dividend.

When economic opportunities are limited, programs and policies to help rural youth will generally be ineffective. 

Gender inequality is a pervasive threat to sustainable development and has negative impacts on our collective ability to meet human rights obligations.

As it turns out the short answer to this question is about 34 and not 60 as is often reported.

The inclusion of land tenure-related indicators in the SDGs has drawn increased attention to the topic.