Reading materials
- Background Note
- Dialogue Session 1: Training and education to facilitate access to job market
- Dialogue Session 2: Promoting youth employment-Creating jobs for a more sustainable future
Dialogue Session 1: Training and education to facilitate access to job market
Articles
Europe’s real Crisis
Source/Publication: The Atlantic Magazine
Date: April 2012The World Economy – Can it be…the recovery?
Source/Publication: The Economist
Date: March 17, 2012
Morning in America?
Source/Publication: The Economist
Date: March 9, 2012
Small is not beautiful – Why small firms are less wonderful than you think
Source/Publication: The Economist
Date: March 3, 2012
Decent work and education: A win-win combination
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: March 1, 2012
Global Jobs Crisis: Third of global workers either unemployed or impoverished
Source/Publication: The Huffington Post
Date: January 23, 2012
School limits
Source/Publication: Le Monde Diplomatique
Date: January 2012
As wars end, young veterans return to scant jobs
Source/Publication: The New York Times
Date: December 17, 2011
A double-dip in employment?
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: December 1, 2011
Occupy the Classroom
Source/Publication: The New York Times
Date: October 19, 2011
How do recent college grads really stack up? Employment and earnings for graduates of the great recession
Source/Publication: Brookings Institute Blog
Date: June 3, 2011
The hidden job crisis for American men
Source/Publication: Bloomberg Businessweek
Date: April 7, 2011
Reports
Report V: The youth employment crisis: Time for action
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: October 26, 2011
UN Youth World Report 2012, "Youth Employment: youth perspectives on the pursuit of decent work in changing times"
Source/Publication: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
Date: November, 2011Global Employment Trends for Youth: 2011 update
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: October 26, 2011
Additional information
Resource guide on youth employment
Source: International Labour Organization
Dialogue Session 2: Promoting youth employment-Creating jobs for a more sustainable future
Articles
Recycling has the potential to be profitable and create jobs
Source/Publication: Creamer Media’s Engineering News
Date: March 30, 2012
Rio Plus 20: What Prospects for the Next UN Mega-Conference?
Source/Publication: Council on Foreign Relations
Date: March 30, 20123.1 million 'green jobs' number casts a wide net
Source/Publication: CNNMoney
Date: March 29, 2012African Governments urged to address growing e-waste
Source/Publication: Voice of America
Date: March 23, 2012
A Primer on the U.S. Clean Energy Economy: What it is, Why it matters
Source/Publication: InsideClimate News
Date: February 28, 2012
Africa’s disputed trees
Source/Publication: Le Monde Diplomatique
Date: December 2011Green jobs attract graduates
Source/Publication: New York Times
Date: June 24, 2011
Burt's Bees-- Changing behaviour "Beyond Work"
Source/Publication: The Guardian UK
Date: May 26, 2011
Youth join green jobs push in China
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: February 15, 2011
Give me green, and jobs, but not green jobs
Source/Publication: The Economist
Date: January 18, 2011
Green Jobs sector 'Poised for Explosive Growth,' study says
Source/Publication: New York Times
Date: June 10, 2009
The Business Logic of Sustainability
Source/Publication: TED
Date: February 2009
Indian couple tackle waste management by turning plastic bags into fashion bags
Source/Publication: Treehugger
Date: March 8, 2006
The Business of Impact is the Business of the Future
Source/Publication: Fast Company
Date:
ReportsFrom Transition to Transformation
Source/Publication: UNDP
Date: March 21, 2012
Anticipating skill needs for the low carbon economy? : Difficult, but not impossible
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: 2011
Skills for green jobs: A global view (report)
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: October 6, 2011
Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication
Source/Publication: UNEP
Date: 2011
Assessing green jobs potential in developing countries: a practitioner's guide
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: 2011
Building a sustainable future with decent work in Asia and the Pacific : Report of the Director-General
Source/Publication: International Labour Organization
Date: 2011
Additional informationResource guide on green jobs
Source: International Labour Organization
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