All publications: youth employment + youth unemployment + young workers

Implementation of the decent work agenda in West Africa : results of activities of the Decent Work Technical Support Team

This report presents the achievements of the Decent Work Technical support team for West Africa and Country Office for Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Togo...

Stories from the field

Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Enhancing Rural Access - Rural roads rehabilitation and maintenance (RDP IV) - (Midterm Evaluation...

Project TIM/11/01/EEC - Evaluation consultants: Andreas Beusch and Edio da Costa

Work4Youth Publications

Labour market transitions of young women and men in Zambia

This report presents the highlights of the 2012 School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS) and Labour Demand Enterprise Survey (LDES) run together with IPSOS Zambia within the framework of the ILO Work4Youth Project.

Country brief

Youth Employment and Migration in Peru

With more than 8 million young people between 15-29 years of age, Peru has a large and heterogeneous young generation which represents 27.5 per cent of the total population.

Country brief

Youth Employment and Migration in Ecuador

Ecuador’s population is young and rapidly growing. It has almost doubled since 1980, reaching almost 15 million in 2010. An approximate 60 per cent of Ecuadorians are under 29 years old and almost one out of three is between the ages of 15 and 29....

Country brief

Youth Employment and Migration in Turkey

Turkey is undergoing a demographic transition. Its population comprises 74 million people and is expected to keep growing until 2050 and begin ageing in 2025. The share of children and youth under 25 years old reaches 45 per cent, and the 15-29 age...

Country brief

Youth Employment and Migration in China

With 1.35 billion people, China has the largest population in the world and a total working age population of 937 million. For historical and political reasons, full employment has been consistently high on the Government agenda.

Country brief

Youth Employment and Migration in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) aged 15 to 24 represent 16 per cent of the 3.8 million population of the country. In Bosnia and Herzegovina the overall unemployment rate in 2012 reached 28 per cent, while the youth unemployment rate...

Consolidating policy agenda to eliminate child labour within the DWCP for Kenya: Education and youth employment (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project KEN/09/50/USA - Evaluation consultants: Lotta Nycander and Andrew Riechi

Skills for Employment Policy Brief

Enhancing youth employability: the importance of core work skills

Part of the Policy Brief Series produced by the Skills and Employability Branch

10 years of work on youth employment in Indonesia

For ten years… the ILO and its partners have worked together to help Indonesia’s young people get ready for the world of work. This is the story of how the ILO and the partnership of government, employers and trade unions and donors did it.

Work4Youth Publications

Labour market transitions of young women and men in Malawi

This report presents the highlights of the 2012 School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS) implemented by the National Statistics Office of the Republic of Malawi within the framework of the ILO Work4Youth Project.

Work4Youth Publications

Labour market transitions of young women and men in Liberia

This report presents the highlights of the 2012 School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS) and Labour Demand Enterprise Survey (LDES)run together with the Liberian Institute of Statistics and Geo-information Services within the framework of the ILO...

Work for Youth (W4Y) (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project GLO/11/01/MCF Master Card Project

Promoting green entrepreneurship among young women and men in Kenya

The Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) is a partnership between the Africa Commission, the Youth Employment Network and the ILO. Through training and business plan competition it promotes green entrepreneurship among young women and men in Kenya,...

Work4Youth Publications

Labour market transitions of young women and men in Cambodia

This report presents the highlights of the 2012 School-to-work Transition Survey (SWTS)which was implemented, in Cambodia, by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), Ministry of Planning, with funding from the ILO “Work4Youth” partnership with...

Lessons learned from a Randomized Controlled Trial using SIYB in Uganda

The Youth Employment Network Brief Issue 3: Getting it right from the baseline, outlines the lessons learned from an evaluation conducted in Uganda on how to stimulate growth among youth entrepreneurs using SIYB.

Country brief

Youth Employment and Migration in Philippines

Youth aged 15-24 account for more than 17 million of the overall 92.3 million Filipino populationi. With the 25-29 age group, the young generation in the Philippines comes up to 27.5 per cent of the total population. Almost one in three Filipino...

Country brief

Youth Employment and Migration in Albania

With a mean age of 30 and 25 per cent of the population in the 15-29 age group, Albania is one of Europe’s youngest countries. However, due to declining mortality and fertility rates over the past decades, Albania’s population is expected to age...