When the Global Downturn hits the Youth Bulge: Challenges and Opportunities for (Female) Youth Employment and Social Advancement

• Main Authors: Komarecki, Marina, Mendoza, Ronald U, Murthy, Sheila
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2010
• Subjects: economic crisis; coping strategies; countercyclical fiscal policy; social protection; fiscal space; girls; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/138; https://origin.web.fordham.edu/images/academics/programs/iped/youth_5-11-2010.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Developing countries presently experiencing or are shortly expected to see a “youth bulge” (a large number of young people in the national population)—some 71 in total—will face relatively greater employment and human capital investment challenges as a result of the global economic crisis and its me...