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Amanda MacArthur of CDC Development Solutions (CDS), a member of VEGA, talks about the six main interventions that make up the CDS Tourism Employment & Opportunity (TEMPO) approach.

Corrinne Ngurukie of YouthSave discusses YouthSave's focus on providing the evidence base for youth savings products

Only a third of youth in the Arab world believe their education has prepared them to get a job, according to a recent study by the Education for Employment Foundation.

Guest blogger Brenda Schuster (Youth and HIV Technical Advisor for Catholic Relief Services) reports back on the Making Cents Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference’s final morning plenary session, “Youth Economic Opportunity in the MENA Region.” This session included Brandee McHale, COO of Citi Foundation, Svava Bjarnason, IFC Senior Education Specialist, Jamie McAuliffe, President and CEO of the Education for Employment Foundation, and Awais Sufi, Vice President for Work Programs at the International Youth Foundation.

Brenda Schuster, Technical Advisor for Catholic Relief Services, shares out from the Making Cents Youth Economic Opportunities Conference on "Changing Course: Transforming at-risk and gang-involved youth through enterprise development".

The message from the opening plenary at the Making Cents International Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference was clear: youth employment is more important than ever.

Designed as a structured, iterative coaching program, the Mentoring for Value Chain Impact initiative pairs up seasoned international experts with emerging leaders in field implementation.

Written by Holly Pickett for The New York Times. Business groups are taking an interest in Egyptian entrepreneurs like Yasmine el-Mehairy, left, and Zeinab Samir, who started a site for Arab women.

Grameen Foundation Director, Human Capital Center, discusses insights with Microlinks on building human capital in MFIs at the MFC conference in Belgrade, 2009.

Relative to men, women are pursuing lower opportunity activities, with their enterprises more likely to be smaller, informal, and in low value-added lines of business.