School to work transition
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- Technology-based vocational skills training for marginalized girls and young women in Indonesia
- ( G. Dunkley;C. Haddad (ed) / UNESCO Bangkok , 2008)
- In most impoverished communities, there has long been a heavy reliance on self-help mechanisms and micro-enterprise development (especially among women) in the informal economy for household and commu...
- Analysing education and school-to-work transitions amongst young people in Brazil
- ( L. Guarcello;F.C. Rosati;P. Scaramozzino / Understanding Children's Work, Innocenti Research Centre , 2008)
- This paper develops a model of investment in education and school-to-work transition under uncertainty, using Brazil as a case study. The main predictions of the model are confirmed by the empirical e...
- What is wrong with new laws against child labour in India?
- ( N. Reddy;I. Srinath;J. Seabrooke / The Concerned for Working Children , 2006)
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Could India’s child labour laws be doing more harm than good? In 2006 the Government of India introduced new laws against the employment of children under the age of 14 in domestic work, agri...
- Early parenthood and poverty (but not work) contribute to early school leaving among Brazil’s poor
- ( A.R Cardoso; D. Verner / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank , 2007)
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This paper uses statistical analysis to identify the major drop-out and push-out factors that lead to school abandonment in the urban shantytowns of Fortaleza, northeast Brazil.
Based on surveys of ...
- Why do so many primary-age children in Cambodia work?
- ( United Nations [UN] Children's Fund , 2006)
- In Cambodia, more than half of all children begin working by the age of 10. This report provides an overview of the child labour phenomenon in Cambodia — its extent and nature, its determinants, and t...
- Analysis of school to work transition in Sub-Saharan Africa
- ( L. Guarcello / Understanding Children's Work, Innocenti Research Centre , 2005)
- This study aims to generate and analyse a set of youth education and employment indicators based on survey data for a subset of 13 countries in the Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)region. Particular emphasis ...
- Effective youth employment strategy in Brazil
- ( E. Rusten; T. Ogasawara; K. Brady / Academy for Educational Development, USA , 2005)
- The paper describes the process and achievements of an employment skills programme in Brazil. The pilot programme tested and refined a strategy to enable disadvantaged youth to transform themselves an...
- Challenges to youth employment in Sri Lanka
- ( S.T. Hettige; M. Mayer; M. Salih / University of Colombo, Sri Lanka , 2004)
- This study looks into the factors affecting the challenges encountered by youth in their search for employment in Sri Lanka. The study examines the transition from school to work and identifies the hu...
- Innovative approaches needed for youth employment for the disadvantaged
- ( L. Brewer / International Labour Organization , 2004)
- This paper examines skills development and employment opportunities for youth-at-risk, including the economically vulnerable and the socially excluded. It identifies good examples of training programm...
- Successful youth employment initiatives in the Balkans
- ( C. L. Thorup; M. Livanos Cattaui / International Youth Foundation , 2004)
- This paper looks at three youth employment initiatives in Romania, Bulgaria and Romania. These countries are characterised by high youth unemployment and limited opportunities for youth employment: th...
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