All publications: youth employment + youth unemployment + young workers

Understanding children’s work and youth employment outcomes in Indonesia: executive summary

The report was developed jointly by the Government and the three UCW partner agencies. As such, it provides an important common basis for action in addressing child labour and youth employment issues. Part 1 of the report focuses on understanding...

Investing in youth for rural transformation

Key issues and policy options for investing in youth in rural areas, and boosting rural transformation through decent work.

Skills Policies for Economic Diversification in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Enhancing local skills policies for the food and tourism sectors

Tackling the youth employment crisis: A macroeconomic perspective

Employment Working Paper No. 124

Country report

Understanding children's work and youth employment outcomes in Indonesia

The current report examines the related issues of child labour and youth employment in the context of Indonesia. Guided by observed outcomes in terms of schooling, work activities and status in the labour market, the report considers the economic as...

Brief profile on Youth Employment

Employment for social justice and a fair globalization

Highlights of the report "The Youth Employment Crisis: Time for Action"

This report provides a summary of a full report entitled “The Youth Employment Crisis: Time For Action” which will be discussed by the Committee on Youth Employment of the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2012...

Working with youth: Addressing the youth employment challenge

Highlights of the national and regional events with young people

Highlights of the report "The Youth Employment Crisis: Time for Action"

This report provides a summary of a full report entitled “The Youth Employment Crisis: Time For Action” which will be discussed by the Committee on Youth Employment of the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2012...

Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012

The study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.

Youth voices from Asia and the Pacific

Between December 2011 and May 2012, the ILO consulted young people from around the globe to gather their inputs to an International Youth Forum in Geneva, ahead of the 101st International Labour Conference for which a key focus is youth employment....

Youth migration, reaping benefits and mitigating the risks (Final Joint Evaluation Summary)

Project ALB/08/01/UND Joint evaluation of the UN MDG Funds Total Budget: US$ 1,435,605 UNICEF: 623,221; IOM: 628,253; UNDP: 789,516; ILO: 1,289,010

Support to the youth employment network secretariat 2010-2012 (Midterm Evaluation Summary)

Project GLO/10/02/SID - Evaluation Consultants: Ella Haruna, Ellie Curtain and Carlos Gonzalez

Executive summary of the "Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012"

The 2012 study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.

2011 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean.

For Latin America and the Caribbean, growth and employment ended with a positive balance in 2011. We are now at the end of a year characterized by intense uncertainty about the global economy. There is growing concern about the negative...

YES-JUMP, Youth employment support jobs for the unemployed (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project RAF/09/50/FRG - Evaluation consultant: Mrs. Stanley Karuga

What works: Good practices from the ILO Education and Skills Training for Youth Employment in Indonesia (EAST) Project

Describes programme activities ranging from broad policy-level activities to practices at the grassroots level in the field. Some of the good practices may only have taken place in a few locations and do not necessarily represent the overall project...

The Youth Employment Crisis: Time for Action

Report prepared by the Office for the ILC 2012 discussion on Youth Employment, Summary of key issues and findings

Promoting Green Entrepreneurship. First lessons learned from the Youth Entrepreneurship Facility (YEF) Kenya, 2010 and 2011

This report presents YEF’s activities in the field of green entrepreneurship promotion in Kenya by outlining key achievements and practical examples from the years 2010 and 2011. The lessons learned from those experiences allow formulating...

Report V: The youth employment crisis: Time for action

Report submitted to the delegates of the 101st International Labour Labour Conference for general discussion.