Skills and Jobs in Brazil: An Agenda for Youth is a new report focusing on the challenge of economic engagement among … the Brazilian youth. In the context of a fast aging population, Brazil's greatest economic opportunity is to increase its … labor productivity, especially that of youth. This report documents important new facts about the extent of the youth …

Skills development offers a range of benefits to out-of-school adolescent girls and alleviates a key obstacle to youth …

documents patterns, trends, correlates, and the labor market effects of formal off-the-job training of youth, based on national …

The labor force in Liberia is quite young. Youth aged 15 to 34 constitute over a third of thepopulation in Liberia and … are somewhat concentrated in urban areas, according to the 2008census. These youth represent both a demographic dividend … and a concern. The educational attainment of Liberian youth is steadily improving but remains low on average.Youth …

Programs (ALMPs) in Arab-Mediterranean Countries (AMCs), with a specific focus on programs targeted at youth. Despite … financial investments in programs and the urgency to improve labor market outcomes among youth. This policy note constitutes a …

research, policy and programming have historically focused on children and adults, there is a growing emphasis on youth as both … to support its incorporating human rights into youth violence programming and policy dialogues in Mexico and South Africa … project. This aims to encourage policy dialogue on youth and violence with the South African government and other stakeholders …

Can cash transfers promote employment and reduce poverty in rural Africa? Will lower youth unemployment and poverty … central monitoring and accountability, most youth invest the transfer in vocational skills and tools. Second, the economic … average. Third, the evidence suggests that poor access to credit is a major reason youth cannot start these vocations in the …

accumulation, anchored in skills development, to illustrate the phenomenon and implications of youth economic disengagement. In the … framework, youth economic disengagement is defined as a state (temporary or permanent) where individuals stop accumulating human …