Resources on youth employment

Denmark and ILO team up to advance youth employment in Egypt

06 November 2012

Denmark donates US$1.6 million to finance the first phase of two youth employment projects in Egypt.
Migrant workers in the international hotel industry

01 April 2012

This Report addresses complex themes relating to migrant work and migrant workers in the international hotel industry, recognizing that the experience of migrant workers (international and internal), their employers and the wider community varies greatly in different countries and cultures.
North Africa Employment Trends 2012 - An Interview with Dorothea Schmidt

24 January 2012

ILO TV interviews Dorothea Schmidt, a Senior ILO Employment Specialist based in Cairo, about rising unemployment across North Africa and the impact it is having in particular on young people and women. Based on findings from the ILO's Global Employment Trends 2012 report, she also discusses the lack of productive growth in North Africa and the need for further development of labour market institutions such as public employment services. Despite short-term negative effects on North African economies, Ms. Schmidt describes the ILO's hope that the Arab Spring of 2011 will have a positive impact on labour markets in the long-term.
Characterizing the school-to-work transitions of young men and women: Evidence from the ILO School-to-work transition surveys

02 June 2010

Employment Working Paper No. 51