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Bangladesh is paying people for further training

In an attempt to combat unemployment, Bangladesh launched a training program that will pay people with high school educations to get training in particular fields, and then provide them with a 2 year employment contract at 80USD a month.

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Youth Labor Training Program improves quality of youth employment in South America

A labor training program aims at improving employment opportunities for youth, who typically are both relatively under-employed and in precarious jobs. The program has already benefited many youth and companies, and the model holds promise for future private sector collaboration.

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FORO March 2011 pages 2-3:
http://newsletters.clearsignals.org/FORO_Mar2011.pdf#page=2

Diaz, J. and M. Jaramillo (2006), An evaluation of the Peruvian Youth labor training program PROJOVEN, Office of Evaluation and Oversight Working Paper OVE/WP-10/06).

See for example: http://www.eluniversal.com.co/cartagena/internacional/jovenes-desemplead... and http://www.clarin.com/mundo/Jovenes-educados-vanguardia-rebelion-popular...

Organización Internacional del Trabajo (2010), Trabajo decente y juventud en América Latina, Lima OIT: Proyecto Promoción del Empleo Juvenil en América Latina (Prejal). Available in http://prejal.oit.org.pe/prejal/docs/TDJ_AL_2010FINAL.pdf
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