LEADER 03439nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910458499103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-30058-3 010 $a9786613300584 010 $a0-8213-8118-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000014581 035 $a(EBL)589800 035 $a(OCoLC)811492974 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000409808 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12154994 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000409808 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10349682 035 $a(PQKB)10119890 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC589800 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL589800 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389741 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL330058 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000014581 100 $a20091102d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe challenge of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka$b[electronic resource] /$fRamani Gunatilaka, Markus Mayer, and Milan Vodopivec 210 $aWashington D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (491 p.) 225 1 $aDirections in development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-8117-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aSri Lanka has long been regarded as a model of a successful welfare state in a low-income setting, yet it has not succeeded in creating a suffi cient number of "good jobs" for the increasing number of young people. Hence, young Sri Lankans perceive their country as an unjust and unequal society, in which mainstream institutions have failed to address inequalities in the distribution of resources, as well as of benefi ts deriving from economic growth. Against this background, The Challenge of Youth Employment in Sri Lanka aims to identify ways to improve the opportunities available to new job m 410 0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.) 606 $aYouth$xEmployment$zSri Lanka 606 $aSchool-to-work transition$zSri Lanka 606 $aLabor market$zSri Lanka 606 $aYouth$zSri Lanka$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aYouth$xEmployment 615 0$aSchool-to-work transition 615 0$aLabor market 615 0$aYouth$xSocial conditions. 676 $a331.3/4137095493 700 $aGunatilaka$b Ramani$0874126 701 $aMayer$b Markus$f1960-$0874127 701 $aVodopivec$b Milan$0874128 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458499103321 996 $aThe challenge of youth unemployment in Sri Lanka$91951601 997 $aUNINA