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The problems of youth, especially from the employment side.have already taken attention for a long time to the experts, observers andthose who are concerned. In the international level, a high commission hasalready established by United Nations, the World Bank and the ILO tohandle the youth employment specially, This commission recommended anew approach that is new political commitment and teamwork to solve theopportunity of youth employment. The four prior policies recommended areemployability. equality, entrepreneurship, and employment creation. Thestudy discussed the aspects of youth employment in Indonesia, based on thepopulation data and from the empowerment of the youth employment aswell. During 30 years, the size of youth population (15-24 years) has beenincreasing highly, either the absolute number or the percentage of the totalpopulation. In the same time, their quality of education and their laborforce participation rate, by sex (male-female) and by living area (rural-urban), have been increasing continuously. The study reveals someimportant indicators which show that youth employment's problems havesignificantly contributed to the process of sustainable development overtime. The problems found including unemployment and underemployment.Meanwhile, the scope of the existing policies is still limited to solve theproblems of the youth nationally. Therefore. the policy and programreferred to the youth problems should be handled in the national level by aproperly institution. Without full awareness and clear actions from thewhole institutions concerned on the youth problems, the negative impact ofthe youth unemployment will be emerging restlessly. |
