Throughout the Middle East, unemployment rates of educated youth have been persistently high and female labor force … employability skills training designed to provide them with the soft skills employers say graduates often lack; a third group was … appears likely to largely reflect displacement effects. Soft-skills training has no average impact on employment, although …

employed women work in vulnerable employment. In addition, youth unemployment rates in Sub-Saharan Africa are double those of … barriers that youth face in accessing employment in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the ways in which young women's employment is … constrained above and beyond the constraints faced by male youth. The paper synthesizes the emerging lessons from a growing …

The youth unemployment rate is exceptionally high in developing countries. Because the quality of education is arguably … skills training and employment placement services for more than 40,000 Nepalese youth over a three-year period, including a … one of the most important determinants of youth's labor force participation, governments worldwide have responded by …

The effectiveness of a demand-driven vocational-training program for disadvantaged youth in Ulaanbaatar, the capital …-term positive impacts on self-employment and skills match, while positive but uncertain effects emerge for employment and earnings …

greatest skills gaps are in socio-emotional and technical skills. These findings suggest the need to re-conceptualize education … and the role of parents, mentors, and the work place must be defined and enhanced; and (c) the skills most demanded by …, which argues for a general education until these skills are formed …

link between access to digital technologies and the demand for skills in the largest Latin American country, Brazil … shifting the composition of the workforce toward nonroutine, cognitive skills. However, and in contrast with labor policy …

goal of increasing the employment and income of 2,500 young Liberian women by providing livelihood and life skills training … and facilitating their transition to productive work. The analysis in this paper is based on data collected during two …

reducing poverty and stimulating growth. Going beyond the large literature documenting the impact of female education on a …