世界银行-让劳动力市场为年轻人服务：一份方法文件（英）

January 2025Making Labor Markets Work for the YouthAn Approach PaperPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedAcknowledgementsThis approach paper was prepared at the request of the 2025 Global Labor Market Conference, held in Riyadh on January 29-30, 2025. It was drafted by a team of World Bank staff from the Social Protection and Labor Global Prac-tice as part of the ongoing Technical Cooperation Program between the World Bank Group and Saudi Arabia.The World Bank team was led by Michele Zini (Senior Economist) and Jamele Rigolini (Senior Advisor) and includes Johannes Koettl (Senior Economist), Eliana Carranza (Senior Economist), Alicia Marguerie (Senior Economist), Mohamad Hussein Mansour (Extended Term Consultant), and Alina Zoe Runk (Consultant). Overall guidance was provided by Iffath Sharif (Global Director), Fadia Saadah (Regional Director), Safaa El Tayeb El-Kogali (Country Direc-tor, Gulf Cooperation Council Countries), Cristobal Ridao-Cano (Practice Manager), and Loli Arribas-Banos (Practice Manager). The team acknowledges the previous work carried out by Matteo Morgandi (Lead Economist) and by Eliana Carranza (Senior Economist), which contributed to shaping the ideas presented in this paper. The team is also grateful to Carole Chartouni (Senior Economist), Ekaterina Pankratova (Senior Social Protection Specialist), Nayib Rivera (Economist), Diana Sverdlin Lisker (Young Professional), Andreas Eber-hard (Senior Economist), Jose Manuel Romero (Economist), Penny Williams (Manager), and Xiaoyan Liang (Lead Economist) for their comments, guidance, and support.The team extends its thanks to Wendy Cunningham (Lead Economist) and Elena Ianchovichina (Lead Economist) for peer reviewing the paper, and to Gordon Betcherman (Professor Emeritus, School of International Develop-ment and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa) for his valuable com-ments.© 2025 Global Labor Market ConferenceThis work was prepared by The World Bank at the request of the Global Labor Market Conference. The findings, inter-pretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of The World Bank or the governments they represent.The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work and does not assume responsibility for any errors, omissions, or discrepancies in the information, or liability with respect to the use of or failure to use the informa-tion, methods, processes, or conclusions set forth. The boundaries, colors, denom-inations, links/footnotes and other infor-mation shown in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or accept-ance of such boundaries. The citation of works authored by others does not mean the World Bank endorses the views expressed by those authors or the content of their works.Rights and PermissionsTh