New model fights youth unemployment with pay for results

New model fights youth unemployment with pay for results San José, 26 Apr (elmundo.cr) – Amid persistent youth unemployment figures, a Caricaco Foundation initiative is drawing attention to its simple and forceful logic: it is only paid if there are results. With contracts that prioritize the placement and stay of young people in formal jobs, this approach is already being used by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MTSS) and PROCOMER, a…

Creating young jobs in Ghana – Ghana wants to meet the challenge of youth unemployment. The government has entered into a new partnership with the World Bank to help create more than 500,000 young jobs a year. The announcement was made on 23 April 2025 in Washington, D.C., after a meeting between Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson and World Bank Director of Operations Anna Bjerde. Each year, hundreds of thousands of young people come to the…