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The youth unemployment rate is exceptionally high in developing countries. Because the quality of education is arguably … one of the most important determinants of youth's labor force participation, governments worldwide have responded by … skills training and employment placement services for more than 40,000 Nepalese youth over a three-year period, including a …
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Throughout the Middle East, unemployment rates of educated youth have been persistently high and female labor force … help increase employment in the short term, but are not a panacea for the problems of high urban female youth unemployment …
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youth in Sierra Leone successfully provided temporary employment to youth characterized by low educational attainment. Cash …
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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 …
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This paper presents findings from the impact evaluation of the Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (EPAG) project in Liberia. The EPAG project was launched by the Liberian Ministry of Gender and Development in 2009 with the goal of increasing the employment and income of...
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A randomized experiment is used to evaluate a large-scale, active labor market policy: Turkey's vocational training programs for the unemployed. A detailed follow-up survey of a large sample with low attrition enables precise estimation of treatment impacts and their heterogeneity. The average...
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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 …
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The effectiveness of a demand-driven vocational-training program for disadvantaged youth in Ulaanbaatar, the capital …
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Special economic zones, one of the most important instruments of industrial policy in developing countries, often feature export share requirements. That is, firms located in these zones are obliged to export more than a certain stated share of their output to enjoy the wide array of incentives...
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This paper addresses the causal relationship between corruption and youth unemployment from two different perspectives … the dynamic effect between perceived bribery among officials and the youth unemployment rates, the paper finds that, after … unemployment rate among youth and educated job seekers which in turn contribute to sustain those unlawful practices by forcing the …
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