All publications: youth employment + youth unemployment + young workers

Taqeem Impact Brief Series, Issue 1

Taqeem - Al-Amal Microfinance Bank, Yemen

This Taqeem Impact Brief documents how Al-Amal Microfinance Bank in Yemen measures outcomes of the Youth Loan Fund, the tools that are applied and the findings and recommendations that emerge to assist them in improving impacts and programme design....

Making Learning Count: Effective Monitoring and Evaluation of Youth Employment Programs in the Arab World

A collection of unique case studies explaining how youth-serving organizations improve their measurement of results by designing M&E systems that are appropriate to their needs and resources

Work4Youth Publications

Labour Market Transitions of Young Women and Men in Cambodia 2014

This report, produced by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), Ministry of Planning, with assistance from the ILO, presents the highlights of the School-to-Work Transition Survey (SWTS) run in Cambodia in 2012 and 2014.

Project Mid-Term Flyer June 2015

This mid-term flyer from the China South-South Cooperation Project highlights achievements and progress up to June 2015.

Partnerships for youth employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project: RER/12/01/LUK - Evaluation Consultant: Svetlana Bronuyk

Field assessment - apprenticeship in Indonesia: report on visits to companies in Balikpapan and Greater Jakarta

This report reflected various aspects in apprenticeship such as recruitment of apprentices, program and duration of apprenticeship, organization of apprenticeship, certification, recruitment of the worker from the result of apprenticeship, etc.

The ILO at Work in Central and Eastern Europe 2009-2014

This publication is a collection of good practices and outputs of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) activities in Central and Eastern Europe.

Guideline on domestic apprenticeship program in Indonesia

This apprenticeship guideline refers to the technical level apprenticeship definition where apprentices are prospective workers who want to receive relevant work training, instead of school or college students who wish to receive on-the-job...

Philippine employment trends

Philippine employment trends 2015: Decent jobs crucial for inclusive growth

The new ILO report looks at current labour market challenges and developments as well as other socio-economic and poverty indicators in the Philippines.

Work4Youth Publications

Youth and rural development: Evidence from 25 school-to-work transition surveys

Development of an instrument for the psychosocial assessment of child workers

Why do psychosocial factors not get the attention they deserve? In part, it may be the lack of a method able to quantify or to demonstrate psychosocial impacts on a population-wide basis. Many assume they can only be assessed (a) by a professional...

Youth Informality: Formalizing the informal youth - Innovative experiences in Jamaica

The Jamaican economy is characterised by persistent stagnation with an annual growth rate of 0.53% over the period 1999-2014. The economic crisis of 2008 saw the collapse of the bauxite and alumina, declines in remittances and stagnation in the...

Demographic and Labour Market Trends in Yemen

A background paper to frame the interface between the youth employment challenge and the national migration policy. This paper offers an analysis of demographic and labour market trends in Yemen that may prove important to inform policy makers on...

Work4Youth Publications

Labour market transitions of young women and men in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

This report presents the results of the School-to-work transition surveys (SWTS) implemented in six countries in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region – Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, the former Yugoslav Republic...

Work4Youth Publications

Labour market transitions of young women and men in Viet Nam

This report presents the highlights of the 2013 School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS) and the Labour Demand Enterprise Survey (LDES) run together with the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam within the framework of the ILO Work4Youth Project.

Work4Youth Technical Brief

What does NEETs mean and why is the concept so easily misinterpreted?

This technical brief, based on an analysis of the recent School-to-work transition surveys (SWTS) from 28 low- and middle-income countries, hopes to contribute to a better understanding of the NEETS indicator.

My guide to safe work: for young people in the pacific

At work but earning less: Trends in decent pay and minimum wages for young people

EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 162

Comparative Analysis of Policies for Youth Employment in Asia and the Pacific

Jobs and Skills for Youth: Review of Policies for Youth Employment of Indonesia