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317,000 young people – or close to 25% of Bulgaria’s population in the 15-29 age group – are neither in employment, nor education nor training. This puts Bulgaria at the top of the EU list in terms of the numbers of young people neither in work nor study, according to […]

“Youth’s energy, innovation and talent, can only bring the best for Egypt if it is targeted in the right direction,” Nahla Zeitoun of UNDP tells Future Challenges. Programme Analyst at the UNDP Democratic Governance unit in Cairo, Nahla Zeitoun likes to compare democracy to playing music. “Musicians ought to practice […]

In search of employment opportunities, young people from the outer provinces of Solomon Islands flock to Honiara – the country’s capital – in massive droves.  There, they bunk with their extended relations who live in peri-urban settlements and in overcrowded housing.  The only source of drinking water is from a […]

With stiff international and intergenerational competition for work, will the world be more or less stable in the years ahead? Explore the way our bloggers from around the world think about the future of work in their regions!

The problem of labor in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is less a problem of intergenerational competition than a problem of general unemployment and lack of opportunities for all. In Bosnia-Herzegovina, as in many countries around the world, villages are “aging.” This means that young people are leaving rural areas, which provide few […]