All publications: youth employment + youth unemployment + young workers

ILO Financial Education brochure

This brochure introduces the main objectives and characteristics of the ILO Financial Education programme including the key elements of the ILO approach, the major results achieved by the programme as well as its key features and implementation...

Promoting youth employment in Songkhla and Yala, Thailand

Skills development

Skills Matter!

The continuum of interventions allowed for meaningful changes in people’s lives, in institutions’ capacity, in companies’ productivity and in the way the TVET system operates. The ILO interventions, with the support of the European Union and the...

ILO Working paper 111

Intergenerational trends in educational and income mobility in the United States of America since the 1960s

This paper examines the evolution of educational and income mobility in the US since the 1960s, showing increased upward mobility for low-income individuals and decreased downward mobility for children of college graduates, highlighting the role of...

Programme brief

Egypt Youth Employment: Working Together

An ILO- Norway- Egypt partnership programme brief 2016- 2024.

India Employment Report 2024: Youth employment, education and skills

Key achievements and highlights of the Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability project.

This study analyses the design, operation and achievements of the health insurance schemes of the Cambodian National Social Security Fund (NSSF), and proposes options and ideas for improvement of the healthcare system

ILO Working paper 110

Measuring labour market transitions of youths in Thailand: Evidence from rotation groups (2012–21) in the Labour Force Surveys

This study analysed data covering a full decade of Thai economic activity. It is critical to recognize just how much has changed in the country over the intervening decade. Demographic change has resulted in overall population decline as well as a...

Key achievements and highlights of the Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability project.

With the support of the Standard Chartered Foundation, the ILO delivered the “Young Futuremakers Thailand - Promoting Youth Employability” project from February 2021 - April 2022. The project supported disadvantaged youth, through the provision of...

Report

Profile of Portugal’s Young NEETs

ILO Working paper 108

Youth employment policies: Patterns and trends in two unique data sets

Youth employment challenges are always a critical concern for policymakers. There is recurring and mounting evidence that labour market challenges, such as unemployment, informality, lack of social protection and inactivity, disproportionately...

Work Wise Youth: A guide to youth rights at work

The guide is intended to support ILO constituents and other stakeholders in their initiatives aimed at raising young people's awareness of their rights at work, with a focus on those in forced displacement contexts.

Project update

Advancing young people’s engagement and meaningful participation

This brochure provides an update on the project results till November 2023.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Timor-Leste at a glance (October 2023)

Timor-Leste has been active member of the ILO since the year of 2003. Currently, the work of the ILO in Timor-Leste is shaped within the framework of the tripartite approved Timor-Leste Decent Work Country Programme for 2022-2025 (DWCP).

Labour market policies for the youth in Timor-Leste: a Mapping exercise

The present study addresses a major information gap regarding the offer of labour market programmes in Timor-Leste, notably those specifically targeting youth.

Brochure

JobAgri: Putting knowledge to work to support job-rich investments in agriculture and agri-food chains in Africa

Report

Promoting decent work in the African cultural and creative economy

The report identifies the challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work in the African cultural and creative economy (CCE).

Inter-Agency Brief

Global Careers Month: Challenges, opportunities and priorities

This brief synthesises the results of discussions held during the global careers month in Regional events. It provides a fresh insight on challenges, opportunities and priorities for career guidance system development at global and regional level.

Labour market

Promoting productive employment and skills development in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)

The report presents the situation and needs for skills development and labour market interventions in the Bangsamoro region.

Youth employment

Technology in public employment services to promote youth employment in Asia and the Pacific

This report provides insights into how public employment services in Asia-Pacific are digitally transforming and how they are using technology to support youth in the labour market.