achievement of plausible target unemployment rates, disaggregated by age and gender. Second, we analyze the job creation needs … coming decades. Overall, shifting demographics, changing labor force participation rates, reductions in unemployment to the …

In recent years, unemployment rates in some ECCU countries have been among the highest globally. This paper evaluates … significantly associated with high structural unemployment, while the global crisis added a cyclical component. Our analysis also … unemployment is related to the phase out of EU preferences on bananas/sugar exports or to a skills mismatch. As expected …