Micro-enterprise : a way for empowerment for street youth? the case of the Dominican Republic
This study examines the problem of street youth and their empowerment through various programmes set up for them in the Dominican Republic. The paper argues that existing street programmes are limited in scope as they exclude programme beneficiaries from programme planning, monitoring and evaluation. The paper calls for an alternative approach, based on a support system for the youths' own micro-enterprises. Such an approach places the youth at the centre of the planning, designing, implementing and monitoring of programmes that are aimed for their empowerment.