Poverty and unemployment remained high in Botswana. The shortcomings of the labor market policies are responsible for a … high unemployment rate. This selected issues paper sheds considerable light on ways that Botswana can enhance inclusive … growth and reduce the high level of structural unemployment. Botswana was identified as having been able to sustain the …

implementation of strengthened activation policies and SME supports are also required to support growth and contain unemployment. …

This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro … area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of these increases can be … explained by output dynamics and the greater sensitivity of youth unemployment to economic activity compared with adult …

very high unemployment remains a key challenge, as does sustaining fiscal adjustment. Manageable public and private debt as …