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The youth population is at an historic high and youth unemployment is acute. This week, Youth Will explores how we are preparing today's young people to enter the workforce, efforts to improve the quality of employment rather than simply the quantity, and how we can move from a discussion around individual financial earnings to lifelong career development.

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Ways out of the global youth unemployment crisis

The world is facing a youth unemployment crisis: Almost 73 million young people are currently seeking work. It's a complex challenge that requires a multi-faceted, multi-stakeholder response.

Investing in youth skills is a no-brainer

To create truly skilled young women and men, we need to have a global coalition on youth skills development and fund for social entrepreneurship and innovation, argues Ravi Karkara, global adviser on youth at UN-Habitat, in this exclusive commentary.

Successful youth economic development programs: A recipe for results

Are you working on youth economic development? Here's how to help young people become drivers of stability and opportunity. By Chemonics' Eileen Hoffman.

What works in TechnoServe's largest youth program?

In this video interview, Macani Toungara explains how a mix of personal effectiveness and skills training has yielded positive results in a project supported by TechnoServe and The Mastercard Foundation in East Africa.

Which countries have the highest (and lowest) youth unemployment rate?

Fueled by the bulge in the global youth population, youth unemployment is one of the most daunting development challenges facing the world today. Check out this infographic for a glimpse of youth unemployment rates around the world.

In Maldives, a country-led youth entrepreneurship movement blooms

The Maldivian government will soon announce the winners of its first-ever youth-focused startup competition. Devex spoke to the "father" of the Getset program on how this could transform the island nation's economy.

How the private sector can address skills gaps

What can be done to bridge the skills gap among youths? Private involvement is crucial at every step of the way, says Eileen Hoffman, director of economic growth and trade at Chemonics, in this video interview.

Lessons from young social entrepreneurs

Kanchan and Jenish Amatya founded Sustainable Fish Farming Initiative, a social enterpise that's helping villages in Nepal. How did two young people do it? Find out more in this interview.

How data could help Tanzania’s young informal workers

Tanzania is facing a youth unemployment crisis — and here's how we may fix it. A guest commentary by Restless Development's Dilhani Wijeyesekera.

Opportunities for youth provided by international development actors

Young people need skills, education, apprenticeship and international development actors who don't take themselves too seriously, says Networks for Change CEO Najeed Kassam in this interview.

Envisioning agriculture as a business for youth in Africa

Young Africans don't see agriculture as a profitable opportunity for them — even though it contributes to a quarter of the continent’s GDP. What should be done about it? Alemayehu Konde Koira of The MasterCard Foundation and Roy van der Drift of SNV explain.

Youth enterprise: Turning jute fibers into ships

Corentin de Chatelperron finds a way to use jute fiber to make ships. Find out how the engineer is breathing new life to the jute industry and how his enterprise, Gold of Bengal, is creating opportunities for the community.

Don’t change the player, change the game

Better opportunities for young people who are unemployed does not only mean equipping them with knowledge and skills, but also reforming the labor market system, Tara Noronha, youth employment adviser at Mercy Corps, argues in this op-ed.

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