Provides an overview of the Chilean economy in the last 40 years and analyses macroeconomic policies in the 1990-2005 period. Argues that economy- wide prosperity may still fall short of providing enough jobs of good quality and in fostering social integration and social fairness.

Describes the activities of Youth Business International (YBI) in aiding unemployed young people to become entrepreneurs.

Includes descriptions of the Participation and Equity Programme, the Wage Pause Programme, the Community Employment Programme, the Australian Traineeship Scheme, etc.

Identifies and describes a set of community-based youth employment development projects from across the globe, representing valuable examples of collaboration between development players. The intention is to identify a set of outstanding case studies, focusing on public-private partnerships...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, evaluation of National level Youth Service Council (youth organization) activities, esp. Its community development and training schemes, in Sri Lanka - reviews unemployment trends (1971-1981) by age group, sex and educational level; discusses schemes implementing...

Examines economic and social factors affecting youth employment in Egypt and describes three national programmes for the promotion of youth employment based on human resources development, direct job creation and support in self-employment and enterprise creation. Describes one public-private...

Examines, in particular, programmes set up under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act, which operated from 1977 to 1981.