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Export Oriented Manufacturing Industries and Young Workers
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http://www.unesco.org/ccivs/New-SiteCCSVI/institutions/jpc-youth/youth-open-forum/Section_for_Youth/Resources_and_tools/Other_documents_on_youth/OXFAM_INTERNATIONAL_YOUTH_PARLIAMENT/Chapter2_Young_Workers.pdf
The paper prepared by UNESCO examines the phenomenon of youth employment within export oriented manufacturing industries. The chapter looks at the role of globalisation on young people and finds that while globalisation has indeed created employment opportunities for youth it has been at the expense of decreased security and labour conditions.
- employment
- export-oriented industries
- Latin America
- trade liberalisation
- Youth
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