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Proyecto Joven
New Solutions and Some Surprises
Claudio de Moura Castro
Inter-American Development Bank
Washington, D.C.
Sustainable Development Department Best Practices Series
Executive Summary
This paper describes a very interesting project to train unemployed youth in Argentina and discusses several critical issues facing it. It should not be considered as an authoritative view on this project funded by the Inter-American Development Bank but rather as an attempt to elicit a dialogue with those who know the project better or who are familiar with the theme.
After several decades of economic stagnation and institutional stalemate, the Argentine economy was reformed, inflation controlled, and the regulatory framework revised. The early 1990s witnessed fast economic growth even though the employment creation was less than spectacular. However, growth stalled again in 1995 and unemployment never stopped growing, reaching presently 30 percent for youth aged 15 to 24. 1
It goes without saying that such high unemployment rates are painful and disruptive. The social conflicts which have been so hard to mitigate in the past may again find fertile ground if unemployment is not alleviated, a situation the Argentine government wants to avoid.
As a result of these uncomfortable statistics, the government has taken several initiatives both to reduce unemployment and to avoid its worst consequences. The Programa de Apoyo a la Reconversión Productiva funded by the IDB is one amongst others and the Proyecto Joven is part of this loan.
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1 The unemployment rate for 15 to 19-year old males is 46.8 percent, while females in the same age bracket have an unemployment rate of 58.7 percent.
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