This paper provides a comprehensive look at the way the private sector is involved in youth skills and employment in low- and middle-income countries. It considers the broad range of program types and firm types; where the private sector has been most effective at promoting young people's labor market success, and what can be done to enhance the role of the private sector to achieve this objective.
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 report analyses global, regional and national pathways of rural transformation, and suggests four categories into which most countries and regions fall, each with distinct objectives for rural development strategies to promote inclusive rural transformation: to adapt, to amplify, to accelerate, and a combination of them.
The study focuses on practical lessons and seeks to find out what types of private sector activities are most likely to have the greatest impact on job creation, and how these activities affect different societal groups.
This working paper explores the multiple dimensions of women’s access to good quality jobs. It is the first in a series of notes on gender and jobs and will be followed by notes that delve deeper into more specific aspects of the issue. It includes a brief discussion of the gender gaps in women’s access to good quality jobs and the factors contributing to such gaps and suggests actions that governments can take to close them.
This paper systematically reviews and summarizes 40 rigorous evaluations of SME support services in low and middle-income countries and presents evidence to help inform policy debates.
The Global Center for Youth Employment and Banyan Global have prepared this study of microwork-impact sourcing and its potential to help address the global youth unemployment challenge. The study maps current trends, opportunities, challenges, and success factors surrounding the implementation of microwork-focused impact sourcing.
This brief provides key lessons learned from different programs working with adolescent girls in developing countries.Experience has shown that to serve adolescent girls—particularly the most vulnerable—programs should be designed to overcome gender-based constraints that prevent girls and young women from benefitting from programs in the same ways which boys do.
This note showcases best practices of some GAN members to promote work readiness programs and equip young people with skills to join the workforce. Some of the common features that contribute to the success of these initiatives include a strong support from senior management, clear and measurable goals and diligent tracking of results.
Developed by Deloitte this guide is a handbook for employers and contains recommendations that are the result of conversations, research and survey result from hundreds of employers, job seekers, and expert organizations working on the front lines to help solve long-term unemployment.
