The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has been regarded as a model of a country with successful social policies, yet for decades it has faced major challenges in providing employment and satisfying other aspirations of youth. Although the labor force has become more educated,...

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Main Authors: Gunatilaka, Ramani, Mayer, Markus, Vodopivec, Milan
Format: Publication
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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topic ACCOUNTING
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
APPRENTICESHIP
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
BULLETIN
CAPACITY BUILDING
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL UNREST
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
COUNSELLING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCRIMINATION
DISPLACEMENT
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC WORKERS
DROPOUTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
EMPLOYABILITY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EXISTING INEQUITIES
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
FEMINIST
FINDING WORK
FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
HIGH WAGES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME SUPPORT
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INEXPERIENCED WORKERS
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR
INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
JOB COUNSELING
JOB CREATION
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB MARKET
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB PLACEMENT SERVICE
JOB SEARCH
JOB SEARCHES
JOB SECURITY
JOB SEEKERS
JOB SKILLS
JOB TRAINING
JOB VACANCIES
JOBS
LABOR ALLOCATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE GROWTH
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR FORCE POPULATION
LABOR LAWS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET EFFICIENCY
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET ISSUES
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR RESOURCES
LABOUR
LABOUR RELATIONS
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIVING STANDARDS
MANPOWER
MARITAL STATUS
MATHEMATICS
MIGRANT
MIGRANT LABOR
MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
MOTHER
NATIONAL ACTION
NATIONAL ACTION PLAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
NATURAL RESOURCE
NUTRITION
OCCUPATION
OLDER WORKERS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION TRENDS
PRACTITIONERS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR JOB
PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS
PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTIVE WORK
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES
PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL
PROVIDENT FUNDS
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
RETAIL TRADE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SALARIED EMPLOYMENT
SALARIED WORKERS
SEMISKILLED LABOR
SERVICE SECTOR
SEVERANCE PAY
SEX
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLED WORKFORCE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SMALL BUSINESSES
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TEENAGERS
TELEVISION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL LABOR FORCE
TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT
TRADE UNIONS
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED ADULTS
UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
UNEMPLOYED POPULATION
UNEMPLOYED YOUTH
UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
UNSKILLED WORKERS
VIOLENCE
VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
WAGE DETERMINATION
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WAGE GAP
WAGE INEQUALITY
WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET
WHITE-COLLAR OCCUPATIONS
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUNG ADULTS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUTH ACCESS
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
YOUTH LABOR
YOUTH PARTICIPATION
YOUTH POPULATION
YOUTH SERVICES
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
YOUTH UNREST
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
APPRENTICESHIP
BARGAINING
BARGAINING POWER
BULLETIN
CAPACITY BUILDING
CIVIL CONFLICT
CIVIL UNREST
CLIMATE CHANGE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
COUNSELLING
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISCRIMINATION
DISPLACEMENT
DISSEMINATION
DOMESTIC WORKERS
DROPOUTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
EMPLOYABILITY
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS
EMPLOYMENT POLICY
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EXISTING INEQUITIES
EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE
FEMINIST
FINDING WORK
FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS
GENDER DISPARITIES
GENDER EQUALITY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
HIGH WAGES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME SUPPORT
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
INEXPERIENCED WORKERS
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL SECTOR
INNOVATION
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
JOB COUNSELING
JOB CREATION
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB MARKET
JOB PLACEMENT
JOB PLACEMENT SERVICE
JOB SEARCH
JOB SEARCHES
JOB SECURITY
JOB SEEKERS
JOB SKILLS
JOB TRAINING
JOB VACANCIES
JOBS
LABOR ALLOCATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR ECONOMICS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE GROWTH
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR FORCE POPULATION
LABOR LAWS
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET EFFICIENCY
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET INFORMATION
LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET ISSUES
LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR RESOURCES
LABOUR
LABOUR RELATIONS
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LIVING STANDARDS
MANPOWER
MARITAL STATUS
MATHEMATICS
MIGRANT
MIGRANT LABOR
MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
MOTHER
NATIONAL ACTION
NATIONAL ACTION PLAN
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
NATURAL RESOURCE
NUTRITION
OCCUPATION
OLDER WORKERS
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY MAKERS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POPULATION TRENDS
PRACTITIONERS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR JOB
PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS
PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT
PRODUCTIVE WORK
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES
PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL
PROVIDENT FUNDS
PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS
PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS
RETAIL TRADE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SALARIED EMPLOYMENT
SALARIED WORKERS
SEMISKILLED LABOR
SERVICE SECTOR
SEVERANCE PAY
SEX
SKILLED WORKERS
SKILLED WORKFORCE
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SMALL BUSINESSES
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INCLUSION
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TEENAGERS
TELEVISION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL LABOR FORCE
TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT
TRADE UNIONS
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS
TRAINING PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYED ADULTS
UNEMPLOYED PERSONS
UNEMPLOYED POPULATION
UNEMPLOYED YOUTH
UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS
UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS
UNSKILLED WORKERS
VIOLENCE
VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
WAGE DETERMINATION
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WAGE GAP
WAGE INEQUALITY
WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET
WHITE-COLLAR OCCUPATIONS
WORK EXPERIENCE
WORK FORCE
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING CONDITIONS
YOUNG ADULTS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
YOUNG WORKERS
YOUTH ACCESS
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
YOUTH LABOR
YOUTH PARTICIPATION
YOUTH POPULATION
YOUTH SERVICES
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
YOUTH UNREST
Gunatilaka, Ramani
Mayer, Markus
Vodopivec, Milan
The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka
geographic_facet South Asia
South Asia
Asia
Sri Lanka
relation Direction in Development ; human development
description Sri Lanka has been regarded as a model of a country with successful social policies, yet for decades it has faced major challenges in providing employment and satisfying other aspirations of youth. Although the labor force has become more educated, and this trend is particularly marked for youth, the main source of employment for both youth and adults remains the informal sector. Moreover, the importance of the informal sector as a source of employment has increased since the mid-1990s. On the positive side, unemployment declined in last decades, particularly for youth. The Sri Lankan government has continually acted on various fronts to address the youth unemployment problem. It has tried to improve and modernize Sri Lanka's general education system, which has long been criticized as too academic, and to increase the accessibility of training so as to promote the employability youth leaving school. Other actions included strengthening entrepreneurship programs and introducing career guidance and counseling and improving labor market information to help young people in their job searches and to guide human resource planning. In 2007, the government developed the National Action Plan for youth employment, built, for the first time, on a coherent youth employment policy framework and deriving an encompassing and consistent set of policy recommendations. The plan was based on in-depth analysis of Sri Lanka's labor market, provided via a series of background papers undertaken under the auspices of the Youth Employment Network (YEN). To provide the richness and comprehensiveness of this analysis in its totality, these papers, updated and revised, are collected in the present book. This book offers a wealth of valuable advice to the government and other stakeholders to achieve this goal. By exploiting the full potential of the youth, not only will their talent, aspirations, and energy be harnessed to advance economic growth, but also the existing inequities will be reduced and, hopefully in the longer run, eliminated.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Gunatilaka, Ramani
Mayer, Markus
Vodopivec, Milan
author_facet Gunatilaka, Ramani
Mayer, Markus
Vodopivec, Milan
author_sort Gunatilaka, Ramani
title The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka
title_short The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka
title_full The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka
title_fullStr The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka
title_full_unstemmed The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka
title_sort challenge of youth employment in sri lanka
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2451
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spelling okr-10986-24512021-04-23T14:02:02Z The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka Gunatilaka, Ramani Mayer, Markus Vodopivec, Milan ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS APPRENTICESHIP BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX COUNSELLING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCRIMINATION DISPLACEMENT DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC WORKERS DROPOUTS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EXISTING INEQUITIES EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE FEMINIST FINDING WORK FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HIGH WAGES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME SUPPORT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INEXPERIENCED WORKERS INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB COUNSELING JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB MARKET JOB PLACEMENT JOB PLACEMENT SERVICE JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCHES JOB SECURITY JOB SEEKERS JOB SKILLS JOB TRAINING JOB VACANCIES JOBS LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR COSTS LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE GROWTH LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE POPULATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET EFFICIENCY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INFORMATION LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET ISSUES LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR RESOURCES LABOUR LABOUR RELATIONS LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS MANPOWER MARITAL STATUS MATHEMATICS MIGRANT MIGRANT LABOR MILLENNIUM DECLARATION MOTHER NATIONAL ACTION NATIONAL ACTION PLAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE NATURAL RESOURCE NUTRITION OCCUPATION OLDER WORKERS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POPULATION TRENDS PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVEL PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR JOB PRIVATE SECTOR WORKERS PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT PRODUCTIVE WORK PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES PROPORTIONAL HAZARD MODEL PROVIDENT FUNDS PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS RETAIL TRADE RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIED EMPLOYMENT SALARIED WORKERS SEMISKILLED LABOR SERVICE SECTOR SEVERANCE PAY SEX SKILLED WORKERS SKILLED WORKFORCE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SMALL BUSINESSES SOCIAL CONDITIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT TECHNICAL EDUCATION TECHNICAL TRAINING TEENAGERS TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL LABOR FORCE TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT TRADE UNIONS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED ADULTS UNEMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYED POPULATION UNEMPLOYED YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNSKILLED WORKERS VIOLENCE VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WELL-FUNCTIONING LABOR MARKET WHITE-COLLAR OCCUPATIONS WORK EXPERIENCE WORK FORCE WORKER WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG ADULTS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH ACCESS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH LABOR YOUTH PARTICIPATION YOUTH POPULATION YOUTH SERVICES YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOUTH UNREST Sri Lanka has been regarded as a model of a country with successful social policies, yet for decades it has faced major challenges in providing employment and satisfying other aspirations of youth. Although the labor force has become more educated, and this trend is particularly marked for youth, the main source of employment for both youth and adults remains the informal sector. Moreover, the importance of the informal sector as a source of employment has increased since the mid-1990s. On the positive side, unemployment declined in last decades, particularly for youth. The Sri Lankan government has continually acted on various fronts to address the youth unemployment problem. It has tried to improve and modernize Sri Lanka's general education system, which has long been criticized as too academic, and to increase the accessibility of training so as to promote the employability youth leaving school. Other actions included strengthening entrepreneurship programs and introducing career guidance and counseling and improving labor market information to help young people in their job searches and to guide human resource planning. In 2007, the government developed the National Action Plan for youth employment, built, for the first time, on a coherent youth employment policy framework and deriving an encompassing and consistent set of policy recommendations. The plan was based on in-depth analysis of Sri Lanka's labor market, provided via a series of background papers undertaken under the auspices of the Youth Employment Network (YEN). To provide the richness and comprehensiveness of this analysis in its totality, these papers, updated and revised, are collected in the present book. This book offers a wealth of valuable advice to the government and other stakeholders to achieve this goal. By exploiting the full potential of the youth, not only will their talent, aspirations, and energy be harnessed to advance economic growth, but also the existing inequities will be reduced and, hopefully in the longer run, eliminated. 2012-03-19T09:33:55Z 2012-03-19T09:33:55Z 2010 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20100511023422 978-0-8213-8117-5 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2451 English Direction in Development ; human development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia South Asia Asia Sri Lanka