This report assesses the prospects for Turkey's youth by examining the 'school-to-work transition'. Turkey needs to … invest in its young people to capture the potentially substantial dividend of today's large youth cohort. Because of the … 1980s demonstrated that a large youth cohort can propel an economy to very high growth rates. However, the experience in …

to high levels of youth disengagement and insufficient jobs growth. Youth constitute more than half of the labor force … over the possible duplication of policies and programming, particularly in relation to out-of-school youth, and technical …

Argentina's youth, 6.7 million between the ages of 15 and 24, are an important, but to a certain extent untapped … percent) are exposed to risk factors that are correlated with eventual risky behaviors. This totals 46 percent of youth at … some form of risk. Today's youth cohort is the country's largest ever and it's largest for the foreseeable future. If …

lives and getting youth ready for and in jobs is part of this. In Kenya, the World Bank supported a pilot program to give … unemployed youth access to job training and private sector internships. An impact evaluation found that those who went through … unemployed and underemployed youth make the transition from low-paid informal labor to higher paid wage labor is a major …

This Thailand Social Monitor provides an overview of the challenges facing Thai youth today, identifying the factors … transitions faced by Thai youth, using the youth development model proposed by the World Development Report 2007. This model helps … provide an understanding of the interactions among the various factors that affect youth development and how they influence in …

The main objective of the report is to provide diagnosis on youth employment, which can provide the basis for future … employment outcomes in Kosovo. The chapter then explains the framework, scope, and limitations of this study (Why youth? Why … youth in jeopardy?). Chapter two develops a youth employment profile using data from the 2003-2006 labor force surveys and …