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Sri Lanka has been regarded as a model of a country with successful social policies, yet for decades it has faced major challenges in providing employ- ment and satisfying other aspirations of youth.
This chapter provides top-line findings and an annotated bibliography of the literature focused on youth employment and entrepreneurship, in fulfilment of one of the deliverables of the research component mandated by Youlead for the 2020 Youth Labour Market Assessment.
Sri Lanka’s youth policies fit within the country’s broader spectrum of employment and development strategies which seek to address inequalities, social inclusion and promote decent work.
9 lut 2021 · The main purpose of this study is to identify the factors influencing youth unemployment in Sri Lanka using a subsample of 3,562 youths derived from the Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey,...
jobs will no longer provide opportunity for social mobility for low-skilled youth. A large portion of Sri Lanka’s youth could bear the burden of job losses in the retail industry, particularly those moving out of agriculture and plantations, for whom retail is an easy stepping stone into formal work. On the contrary, a rise in
Identifying this crucial issue, the present research investigated the mismatch between the education system and the job market in Sri Lanka, covering the three main education systems viz., general education, university education and the TVET education.
increasing employment opportunities for youth. This report reveals that even with many achievements in most of the sectors, Sri Lankan youth are still facing some problems. These includes mismatch between education and job market, sectorial disparities in the achievement of education, deterioration of
