Publications on youth employment
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Towards more inclusive employment policy making: Process and role of stakeholders in Indonesia, Nicaragua, Moldova and Uganda
13 May 2013
Employment Working Paper No. 137
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Youth poverty in Accra: urban livelihoods in informal apprenticeships
10 May 2013
Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 21
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Empowering Girls: Better Impact from Combined Interventions
01 May 2013
This brief introduces the key findings of the experimental evaluation of the Ugandan “Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents” programme in terms of programme implementation and impact.
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Trade and Employment in a Vertically Specialized World
23 April 2013
This paper decomposes the employment effects of a country’s trade into five components, specifically the labour content (1) in exports, (2) in imports, (3) in the import content of exports, (4) in the export content of imports, and (5) in intermediates contained in imports from a third country using the factor-content and input-output methods.
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Youth guarantees: a response to the youth employment crisis?
04 April 2013
Employment Policy Brief
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Understanding the Strong Link Between Program Implementation and Impact Evaluation
01 March 2013
This brief presents the lessons of the impact evaluation of Uganda’s Entrepreneurship Education Nationaljajaj Curriculum in terms of evaluation design and process.
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PESO starter kit: Guide to understanding the Public Employment Service Office
28 January 2013
The Public Employment Service Office (PESO), is a non-free charging multi-service provider established and accredited pursuant to Republic Act 8759, otherwise known as the PESO Act of 1999.
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Strengthening local employment services to promote youth employment: A case study
28 January 2013
Local employment services facilitate local labour market transactions including matching jobseekers with enterprises seeking workers. These services are usually carried out by the government through a network of Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) whose functions include job matching, providing labour market information and guidance services.
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The health of workers in selected sectors of the urban economy: Challenges and perspectives
01 January 2013
This paper aimed at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions.
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A better future for young people: What cooperatives can offer
11 December 2012
Information brief on cooperatives