03439nam 2200673 a 450 991045849910332120200520144314.01-283-30058-397866133005840-8213-8118-0(CKB)2560000000014581(EBL)589800(OCoLC)811492974(SSID)ssj0000409808(PQKBManifestationID)12154994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000409808(PQKBWorkID)10349682(PQKB)10119890(MiAaPQ)EBC589800(Au-PeEL)EBL589800(CaPaEBR)ebr10389741(CaONFJC)MIL330058(EXLCZ)99256000000001458120091102d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe challenge of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka[electronic resource] /Ramani Gunatilaka, Markus Mayer, and Milan VodopivecWashington D.C. World Bankc20101 online resource (491 p.)Directions in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-8117-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Labor market trends and outcomes in Sri Lanka -- Labor market institutions and labor market segmentation in Sri Lanka -- Explaining labor market imbalance in Sri Lanka : evidence from JobsNet data -- Effects of training on labor market outcomes -- School-to-work transitions of Sri Lankan university graduates -- Youth mobility and overseas migration in Sri Lanka -- Developing youth entrepreneurs : a critical analysis of policies and programs on entrepreneurship as a youth employment -- Strategy in Sri Lanka -- Discrimination and social exclusion of youth in Sri Lanka -- A analysis of gender and ethnic wage differentials among youth in Sri Lanka : 1996-2004 -- Concerns of youth affected by civil conflict in Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka has long been regarded as a model of a successful welfare state in a low-income setting, yet it has not succeeded in creating a suffi cient number of "good jobs" for the increasing number of young people. Hence, young Sri Lankans perceive their country as an unjust and unequal society, in which mainstream institutions have failed to address inequalities in the distribution of resources, as well as of benefi ts deriving from economic growth. Against this background, The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka aims to identify ways to improve the opportunities available to new job mDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)YouthEmploymentSri LankaSchool-to-work transitionSri LankaLabor marketSri LankaYouthSri LankaSocial conditionsElectronic books.YouthEmploymentSchool-to-work transitionLabor marketYouthSocial conditions.331.3/4137095493Gunatilaka Ramani874126Mayer Markus1960-874127Vodopivec Milan874128MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458499103321The challenge of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka1951601UNINA