The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted the risk of underinvestment and shortages in the health workforce, globally. Health workforce shortages offer an opportunity to prepare and employ young...
When youth employment organizations have well established Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) processes, they are able to make evidence-based decisions around project alterations, expanding scale, and communicating...
In this knowledge brief, the authors examine strategies the World Bank’s promoting inclusion of persons with disabilities in social protection and employment programs project team in Haiti adopted to improve...
This brief is a part of the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Knowledge Brief series on the design and implementation of youth employment programs. The digital transformation is creating new job opportunities...
This knowledge brief highlights the relevance and challenges of business incubation services for youth in rural areas. It is based on discussions during an operations clinic that was organized jointly...
This knowledge brief focuses on platforms that have leveraged novel digital technologies to deliver location agnostic mentoring solutions to youth. The authors explore six key operational areas where innovations...
This discussion note is part of the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Knowledge series focusing on the Circular Economy and the jobs created within value chains as they become more circular. The objective...
This report highlights six strategies to cultivate emotional resilience among youth, drawn from discussion with global experts and practitioners of youth employment programs. These strategies include:...
This note does a deep dive into the music industry and provides a situational analysis of the music landscape in Africa. It highlights how the music industry could provide economic opportunities for youth...
Digital technologies, services, and tools can offer opportunities to young entrepreneurs in agriculture (agripreneurs) to make more informed decisions, increase productivity and incomes. COVID-19 pandemic...
The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has accelerated efforts by practitioners to rapidly move learning, skills building, and mentoring online. Practitioners need to address how they will...
In this knowledge brief, the authors highlight different ways in which private sector firms in Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE’s) network are launching new initiatives or adapting their existing programs...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive ramifications for the digital economy. The digital transformation of work and education that was already underway before the crisis is accelerated as governments...
This note highlights the six steps taken by the Mexico Youth Labor Market Inclusion (MYLMI) project to design a successful short message system (SMS) outreach strategy to incorporate youth voice in their...
This note highlights how the Mexico Youth Labor Market Inclusion (MYLMI) project used four strategies to incorporate youth voice in the design of their program. The project focuses on generating evidence...
In this knowledge brief, the authors discuss the importance of incorporating youth voice in the design of youth employment programs and the factors organizations must consider when utilizing radio, short...
This brief is part of the solutions for youth employment (S4YE) knowledge brief series focusing on the design and implementation of youth employment programs. In this knowledge brief, the authors highlight...
This note discusses five main types of interventions that can help support growth and job creation in the orange economy: nurturing human capital, providing access to finance, expanding access to market...
This Brief is part of the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Knowledge Brief series focusing on the design and implementation of youth employment programs. This Brief builds on S4YE’s 2018 annual report...
This Brief is part of the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Knowledge Brief series focusing on the design and implementation of youth employment programs. This Brief builds on S4YE’s 2018 annual report...