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Building effective employment programs for unemployed youth in the Middle East and North Africa
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393910
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Gambia, The - Youth Employment and Skills Development Study : Improving Youth Employment Outcomes Through Enhanced Skills Development
World Bank - 2012
Despite substantial improvements in access to basic education and steady economic growth, The Gambia still faces considerable challenges in respect to reducing poverty. As the result of its narrow economic base and its reduced internal market, the country will continue to rely heavily on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550745
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Kosovo - Youth in Jeopardy : Being Young, Unemployed, and Poor in Kosovo
World Bank - 2012
The main objective of the report is to provide diagnosis on youth employment, which can provide the basis for future policy design. The report is structured as follows: the chapter one provides a general background of macroeconomic and employment outcomes in Kosovo. The chapter then explains the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553080
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Harnessing Youth Potential in Ghana
World Bank - 2016
This policy note provides a view of the main challenges facing Ghana youth and proposes policy options to address them. The note: (i) highlights youth key characteristics from the perspective of their skills and jobs and the constraints they face, (ii) describes the institutional set up and...
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Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya
World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 2018
Coding bootcamps are intensive short-term programs designed to train participants in programming skills to make them immediately employable. They combine characteristics of traditional vocational training programs with the intensity of military bootcamps for new recruits, intermingling socio...
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Supporting Youth Employment through Cash Grants for Entrepreneurship
World Bank - 2023
Benin's labor market is characterized by a high participation rate, but extensive informality and underemployment. Underemployment is even higher among youth and rural women. The labor market is also extremely segregated by gender. Under the Benin Youth Employment Project(PEJ), closed in June...
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Promoting Skills Development for Youth in Zambia
World Bank - 2024
This report provides an overview of Zambia's labor market, highlights key potential sectors for future economic development and employment growth, and analyses the challenges faced by the technical education, vocational, and entrepreneurship training (TEVET) system as it seeks to respond to...
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Crime and Violence in Central America : A Development Challenge - Main Report
World Bank - 2012
Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador …, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are among the top five in Latin America. This report argues that successful strategies … future options. In addition, the design of national crime reduction plans and the establishment of national cross …
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Crime and Violence in Central America : A Development Challenge - Executive Summary
World Bank - 2012
Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador …, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are among the top five in Latin America. This report argues that successful strategies … future options. In addition, the design of national crime reduction plans and the establishment of national cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550757
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Making Brazilians Safer : Aanalyzing the Dynamics of Violent Crime
World Bank - 2013
This report analyzes the dynamics of violent crime in Brazil. What factors are driving the overall crime decline in … Brazil? Why is violent crime declining in some states while it is increasing in others? What types of interventions could … bring crime down during the past 10 years is crucial to tackling the challenges posed by the new decade. The purpose of this …
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