The lack of decent work opportunities for youth is a growing concern worldwide. According to ILO estimates, of the world's estimated 207 million unemployed people in 2009, nearly 40 percent were between 15 and 24 years of age. In many countries, this grim unemployment picture is further...

Since the mid-1990s, the UNICEF Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS) programme has enabled many developing countries to produce statistically sound and internationally comparable estimates of a range of indicators in the areas of health, education and child protection. The current paper...

This study aimed at assessing skills deficits in developing country contexts on the basis of firm data from World Bank Enterprise Surveys. A precise definition of skills deficit was used – employers’ perceptions of inadequate workforce educational levels as a relative and absolute constraint...