Skills and jobs in Brazil : an agenda for youth (English)

Skills and Jobs in Brazil: An Agenda for Youth is a new World Bank book focusing on the challenge of economic engagement among Brazil’s youth. In the context of a rapidly aging population, Brazil’s greatest economic opportunity is to increase its labor... See More + Skills and Jobs in Brazil: An Agenda for Youth is a new World Bank book focusing on the challenge of economic engagement among Brazil’s youth. In the context of a rapidly aging population, Brazil’s greatest economic opportunity is to increase its labor productivity, especially that of its youth. This book documents important new facts about the extent of the youth economic disengagement, while at school and at work. Today, close to half of Brazil’s population ages 15–29 years old, is not fully engaged economically. Either they are not working or studying, studying in mediocre schools, or working in informal and unstable jobs. This book shows how the youth prospects in the labor market are dimmed by existing policies that favor existing workers over entrants. In addition, it shows how youth are often ill-equipped to meet anincreasingly challenging labor market. Skills and Jobs in Brazil offersurgently needed ideas to improve education, job skills, and employment policies that will address the last wave of Brazil’s demographic transition.Included is an in-depth discussion about policies aimed at increasing learning and reducing dropout rates in upper secondary education, andlabor market policies that facilitate quicker and more effective youth transitions from school to work.  See Less -