Pathways to Better Jobs in IDA Countries identifies jobs-related transitions and pathways people follow to better jobs —workers increase their hours worked, become more productive, move between locations, change sectors and occupations, and shift from self- to waged employment and from less to more successful firms.

This OECD policy brief on activation policies explores profiling tools for early identification of jobseekers who need extra support, using examples from Europe and the US.

This study reviews sector concepts, strategies and approaches for reintegration. With the overview of existing instruments and methods, it aims to strengthen practical development support for countries and communities facing reintegration challenges. It argues that the successful reintegration of displaced populations forms a key element in post-conflict recovery, reconstruction and peacebuilding situations and that within the reintegration context, education and TVET are cornerstones and key sectors in rebuilding societies and sustaining peace.

This presentation from the Caribbean Forum on Population, Youth and Employment outlines the regional challenges for youth employment in the Caribbean and the case for the Blue Economy.

This report offers a lens through which to view and act upon this goal for urban China's future. It offers a framework that harnesses the heritage of innovative and systenic thinking in China, and applies it to a board conception of a circular economy, one that can redefine economic value generation in China's cities, and at the same time make them more liveable for their citizens.

This report aggregates extensive solid waste data at the national and urban levels. It estimates and projects waste generation to 2030 and 2050. Beyond the core data metrics from waste generation to disposal, the report provides information on waste management costs, revenues, and tariffs; special wastes; regulations; public communication; administrative and operational models; and the informal sector.

This strategy acts as an umbrella framework to guide the entire UN as it steps up its work with and for young people across its three pillars – peace and security, human rights, and sustainable development – in all contexts.

This toolkit is for implementers of employability programs which target youth refugees in urban and semi-urban environments. This resource can help improve understanding of the unique needs and strengths of Syrian youth refugees to design better programs serving this group.

Vast majority of poverty reduction in Bangladesh over the past decade has been the result of higher labor earnings, and positive labor market developments have been at the center of such progress. Many factors have contributed to positive developments in the labor market, changing the lives of many.

The report aims to expand policy discussions on employment from a focus on the number of jobs and unemployment to a broader attention on the quality, productivity and inclusiveness of jobs. It makes the case for a strategy with a sharper poverty lens that would focus on raising labor productivity in agriculture and informal off-farm employment to foster structural transformation. 

The report, “Democratic Republic of Congo: Jobs Diagnostic”, analyzes the main challenges—at the macro, firm, and household levels—that the country faces in creating jobs. It also outlines the main obstacles to creating more and better jobs that are more inclusive of women and youth.

The toolkit includes step-by-step modules to carry out a youth well being diagnosis and includes practical examples of common youth policies and programmes in areas of education, employment and skills, health and civic participation. 

This toolkit provides implementing partners with tools they can use to obtain data on women’s access and usage of mobile phones and similar devices which can be used to inform project design or create a baseline to understand the efficacy of an ICT intervention.

This report is part of a series that incorporates the most recent labor market information available to describe the youth labor market situation around the world. It provides an update on key youth labor market indicators and trends, focusing both on the continuing labor market instability and on structural issues in youth labor markets.

This framework highlights key success factors for each of the four major phases of a workforce development program lifecycle: designing the program, equipping individuals, sustaining the program’s impact and adapting with a strategic mindset.

This report seeks to provide an integrated analysis of the demand-side and supply-side constraints to job creation and employment in Kosovo; and highlighting salient issues like informality and skill mismatches.

The Impact Portfolio (IP) consists of 19 youth employment projects spanning 15 countries across the globe. This report provides youth employment practitioners insights into important aspects of the operations, design, and innovations of the 19 projects.

Jobs are central to economic development. Economies grow when more people work when jobs become more productive, and when workers move to better jobs, e.g. from low productivity farm work into jobs in the modern manufacturing or services sectors, or from remote rural areas to urban centers with greater specialization and more job opportunities.

The Jobs Diagnostic begins with a look at the jobs creation performance of the economy. It then provides an examination of the labor supply—the state of the present and future workers and entrepreneurs. Finally, this diagnostic looks at job performance of firms—the potential employers and job creators.

The report analyzes the main challenges the country faces in creating jobs at the macro, firm, and household levels. It also sets out policy recommendations to enable the country to create more and better jobs that are also more inclusive of women, youth, and other vulnerable population groups.