*{Business must provide more incentives for the young (06-05-2002)
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Both governments and business were taken to task at a session entitled "Young people at risk" for not doing more to help alienated youth to become useful members of society. 

David Bell, Chairman of the Financial Times, asserted that business has an essential role. "This is not somebody else's problem…The business community must understand that it is up to us as well as governments and NGOs to solve this problem."

Tariq Rangoonwala, Chairman of ICC Pakistan, criticized his own country's government for failing to provide effective programmes to train the present generation of young people in Pakistan. "Don't give them a fish, but do give them a line," he declared.

Don Mohanlal, Executive Vice President, International Youth Foundation, warned: "Business cannot succeed in societies that fail" as panellists argued that corporations can help bridge the gap and provide incentives for young people to make a positive start in life.

Local Denver area attorney Garth Jensen, of Holme, Roberts & Owen, reminded participants that disenfranchisement of youth can happen anywhere - including the affluent United States. 

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