A new initiative has been launched in Ghana to improve employment opportunities for young and disabled workers. A Youth Employment Agency has been formed, given statutory status and assured funding for the first four years of its existence. The immediate task has been to generate jobs for 100,000 young workers. Over the last 50 years the number of people aged 15-24 in Ghana has increased from 1 million to 5 million people and this group now accounts for 22% of the economically active population. But youth unemployment remains above 15% — in spite of a healthy rate of 4.2% economic growth in 2014.