All publications: youth employment + youth unemployment + young workers

Youth employment

Briefing guide: Meeting youth employment policy and action challenges

This briefing guide is a consolidation of earlier material prepared in 2005 for stakeholders in the Promoting Youth Employment in the Philippines (PYEP) project. It explains the terms used in defining (and working in the area of) youth unemployment...

Local youth unemployment

Choosing and assessing local youth unemployment interventions

The author looks at the cost-effectiveness of various programmes that address youth unemployment. The author disaggregates the youth segment from total unemployment and examines the two classes of unemployment – voluntary and involuntary – and their...

Youth employment in the Philippines

Youth employment in the Philippines

This study, the first in a series assessing the youth employment situation in the Philippines prepared as part of the two-year ILO-CIDA Project on Promoting Youth Employment in the Philippines (PYEP), examines labour market trends over the past...

Youth enterprise in Asia: Policies and programmes

Examines a range of international, regional and national youth entrepreneurship initiatives with a focus on ASEAN member countries.

APYouthNet discussion forum consolidated product 3: Rights and conditions of young workers

Synthesis of the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Youth Employment (APYN) third discussion forum that took place 23 November - 6 December, 2009.

SWTS: A methodological guide - Module 4: Key indicators of youth labour markets: Concepts, definitions and tabulations.

Key indicators of youth labour markets

SWTS: A methodological guide - Module 5: Disseminating survey results.

Disseminating survey results

SWTS: A methodological guide - Module 3: Sampling methodology.

Sampling methodology

SWTS: A methodological guide - Module 1: Basics concepts, roles and implementation process.

Basic concepts, roles and implementation process

SWTS: A methodological guide - Module 2: SWTS questionnaires.

SWTS questionnaires

Independent evaluation of the ILO's strategy to increase member States' capacities to develop policies and programmes focused on youth...

Independent evaluation of the ILO's strategy to support member States capacities to development policies and programmes focused on youth...

The evaluation analyses the ILO’s strategy to increase member States’ capacities to develop policies or programmes focused on youth employment. The thrust of this strategy is to strengthen the International Labour Organization (ILO) constituents’...

Timor – Leste National Youth Employment Action Plan (NYEAP) 2009

The social gains of involving young Timorese in productive and decent employment would also have immense welfare benefits for the country, primarily by keeping youth away from indulging in violent activities. The 2006 ILO Report on Global Employment...

Decent work for Filipino youth

MDG-F joint programme on alternatives to migration: Decent work for Filipino youth: Project flyer

The MDG-F supports initiatives in the thematic areas including: youth employment and migration, democratic governance, gender equality and women's empowerment.

Training and employment opportunities to address poverty among rural youth: A synthesis report

The aim of this multi-country study is to identify relevant training and employment needs and opportunities, which can improve on, and off-farm income generation for young women and men in rural areas. This research is timely since young people make...

Partnerships for youth employment : a review of selected community-based initiatives

Employment Working Paper No. 33

APYouthNet discussion forum consolidated product 2: Education and skills training to improve the employability of youth

Synthesis of the Asia-Pacific Knowledge Network on Youth Employment (APYN) second discussion forum that took place 13-27 July, 2009.

Youth employment: a national goal

Briefly explains role of the ILO and the Government of Indonesia on youth employment.

2008 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean

This edition provides evidence of the effects of an unprecedented international crisis that has cast a shadow over the global economy and is reflected in the employment situation in the region. Employment will be a challenge in 2009. As ILO...

Understanding children's work and youth employment outcomes in Mongolia

The report was developed under the aegis of the Understanding Children's Work (UCW) Program, a research co-operation initiative of the International Labour Organization, UNICEF and World Bank.