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A new Transfer Project book: "Evidence for Action: The Story of Social Cash Transfers and Impact Evaluations in Sub-Saharan Africa," sheds light on the effect of unconditional cash transfers on economic empowerment in Africa. UNICEF Innocenti social policy specialist Tia Palermo explains the...

The Nexus of Microwork and Impact Sourcing Implications For Youth Employment The Global Center for Youth Employment and its members Banyan Global and Future Work Consulting conducted a study of successful online outsourcing service providers to develop a comprehensive analysis, map current trends...

India is at the cusp of demographic transition wherein 65 per cent of the population is in the working age 15- 59. This offers a unique opportunity to become the skill capital of the world to meet the skilled manpower requirements of ageing economies by appropriate skilling in consonance with the...

The key to combating high unemployment among young people globally is forging stronger connections among employers, education providers, and youth themselves to build skills that lead to entry-level jobs in growth sectors. Staggeringly high rates of youth unemployment are a major economic and social...

Youth guarantees: a response to the youth employment crisis? What is a youth guarantee? The concept of youth guarantee implies an entitlement to a job, training or education of a defined group of young people and an obligation for the Public Employment Service (PES) or another public authority to...

This chosen video from a selected series of the UChicago Social Protection Conference explains how innovative economic strengthening research can improve health, education, and well-being outcomes of vulnerable children. ...

To take a deeper look at the issue of child labor in Myanmar, CCTV America’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke with Christina Fink, professor of Practice of International Affairs at George Washington University. (Note: CGTN is funded in whole or in part by the Chinese government.) ...

After 50 years of military rule in Myanmar, also known as Burma, one of the many challenges facing Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy when it takes power next year will be the country’s rampant child labor problem. Daniel de Carteret and Simon Lewis report for VOA from Yangon on the...