Youth in many low-income countries are entering the labor force in unprecedented numbers, yet many struggle to secure … rewarding livelihoods. This paper outlines the economic development challenges that constrain youth's transition into employment … time for a fundamental reassessment of approaches for addressing youth employment and the youth transition in low …

youth in Sierra Leone successfully provided temporary employment to youth characterized by low educational attainment. Cash …

imprecise. In sum, reductions in cohort size are associated with moderate improvements in employment outcomes for youth in …

This paper analyzes the patterns of and the challenges for youth employment in Pakistan and examines whether these … challenges are youth-specific. Using the 2005/2006 Labor Force Survey, the analysis includes determinants of unemployment … many of the challenges to youth employment in Pakistan are not youth-specific. Policies should thus emphasize broader labor …

This paper examines the phenomena of high rates of youth that are out of school and out of work in Latin America. The … possibility of scarring effects, and finds that higher shares of out of school and out of work youth at ages 15?20 years are … prospects, the analysis finds scarring effects only for females, with greater out of school and out of work youth shares being …

World Bank?s Kenya Youth Empowerment Project. The program provided three months of classroom-based technical training …

The effectiveness of a demand-driven vocational-training program for disadvantaged youth in Ulaanbaatar, the capital …

Of the 1.6 million Haitian youth aged 15-24, only 13 percent are content with their lives. More than half of 20-year …-olds have not completed secondary education and nearly half of youth in the labor market are unemployed. This paper investigates … protective and risk factors predisposing youth to positive and negative behaviors. These factors, including poverty, gender …

question of gender and youth deprivation in the context of the Moroccan labor market. They find that the reference group (the …

Crime rates in Papua New Guinea's capital city of Port Moresby are among the highest in the world. Few youth work, and … Urban Youth Employment Project. The project offers out-of-school and out-of-work youth two months of public works employment … completion. The control group consists of observably similar youth living in areas not served by the program. Project …