Youth Unemployment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 May 2013
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Jobs and Social Innovation

01 Dec 2017
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The Power of Cultural Understanding

people together to solve problems such as youth unemployment and climate change. HBS cases transmit cultural understanding throughout the world. The result is a very positive multiplier effect.” In the MENA... View Details

17 May 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

Harsh Bhargava (MBA 1977) was visiting his hometown of Jaipur, India, in 1999 when tragedy struck. In the midst of an unemployment crisis during the Kargil War, the government advertised for 120 open positions in the nearby town of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

15 Oct 2019
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Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

population is under 25, and youth unemployment stands at 28 percent. “The human capital is there,” she says. “And they are thinking outside of the box.” In many ways, BulkWhiz, which has now grown to more... View Details

13 Apr 2017
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Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

the experience of having grown up in Africa and a desire to help solve the problem of unemployment among youth. Navid Rahimi, another classmate, joined the team along with two classmates from an HGSE course on entrepreneurship in... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

community transformation, currently works in six African countries. We challenge our youth to channel their rage into starting positive change projects. One participant in our Youth Leadership Program... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

search engine Baidu. Instead of striving and sweating for a good job, a home, and a family, it suggested a minimalist lifestyle of tang ping (“lying flat”). Although the post was later deleted by Communist Party officials, lying flat has nevertheless become a rallying... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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