Jayathma Wickramanayake is a Sri Lankan born international civil servant who currently serves as the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth. She did her undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.
00:00 About Jayathma
00:25 Jayathma's work
01:35 What is youth?
03:30 What is the UN?
08:43 Countries similar to us
13:40 How countries develop
14:58 Definition of 'developed'
19:41 America is not developed yet
21:58 Issues with GDP
25:17 Types of opportunities
35:02 Migration/Brain Drain
38:06 Is Free Education bad?
45:57 Don't limit yourself
50:23 Be willing to learn
52:41 Your vision

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