Building a Foundation Ready for the Global Workforce Livelihoods through Self-Employment Global Context Matters
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What are soft skills (behavioral skills, social skills…)?
By 2020, these types of skills will be in higher demand across industries than narrow technical skills.
100
What is the skills gap?
The gap between the skills employers need from their workers and the skills that workers actually have.
100
What is a necessity entrepreneur?
Unlike opportunity or growth-oriented entrepreneurs, these types of entrepreneurs are driven by the need to generate an income.
100
What is globalization?
This term refers to the free movement of goods, capital, services, people, technology and information as a procedure of international integration.
200
What is lifelong learning?
An ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge that promotes professional adaptability.
200
What is digital disruption?
The change that occurs when new digital technologies and business models affect the value proposition of existing goods and services.
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What is the informal economy?
In the developing world, the majority of those engaged in economic activity are part of this economy.
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What is nearly 71 million?
The number of young people unemployed globally (2016)
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What is mentorship?
This approach enhances the employability of youth by providing them guidance to address professional and personal challenges.
300
What is the gig economy?
A labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs.
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What is a digital job platform?
This kind of digital tool is aggregating vast amounts of data to connect job seekers and employers.
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What is 37.7%
The percent of working youth living in extreme or moderate poverty
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What is service learning?
This form of experiential education is aimed at enhancing student learning through community engagement.
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What is structural unemployment?
Unemployment resulting from industrial reorganization, typically due to technological change rather than fluctuations in supply or demand.
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What is decentralized economic activity?
This trend refers to the movement away from a single large employer to micro-enterprises and digital jobs?
400
What is 28%
Although women are more educated than men globally, as of today, their chances to rise to positions of leadership are this percentage of those of men.
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What is digital badging?
This credentialing mechanism is designed to validate and make visible learning in both formal and informal settings.
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What is demand signaling?
This term refers to how demand for skills and opportunity is signaled between employers, education leaders and youth.
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What is blockchain technology?
This technology can create a verifiable economic identity for unbanked individuals.
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What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution
This ongoing digital revolution is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres.






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