Latin America & the Caribbean

We’ve worked with more than 70 local organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean to help them harness their passion for sustainable youth development projects that measurably change the lives of underserved youth. The first member of IYF’s global partner network joined from Ecuador in 1991, just a year after our founding. Flagship initiatives New Employment Opportunities (NEO) and entra21 have connected more than 100,000 young people with employability training and jobs and created critical alliances among government ministries, businesses, and youth organizations. A great example of how IYF builds local capacity to meet global standards of excellence, our innovative new assessment tool for NEO is helping us evaluate more than 200 service providers, who receive tailored coaching and improvement plans from our regional experts. Together, we’re reshaping how young people in Latin America and the Caribbean envision and can access a brighter future.Learn more about IYF’s work in Latin America and the Caribbean by downloading the fact sheet, available in English, Portuguese and Spanish, or explore our 2024 Impact Report, available in English and Spanish.

YOUth No. 1, In My Own Words: Miguel Nuevez Lozada

This article by Miguel Nuevez Lozada appeared in the Fall 2011 edition of YOUth magazine. Lozada participated in Ocupate, a life skills and employability program for youth gang members in Mexico…
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FieldNotes: Recruiting & Screening Program Participants

This issue of FieldNotes focuses on how life skills programs can effectively promote their programs and screen potential participants. It discusses the experience of organizations in Nigeria, Poland, and Venezuela.
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FieldNotes: Reaching Out to Youth in High-Risk Environments

This issue of FieldNotes focuses on life skills programs as a profound way to impact a young person’s ability to overcome risk factors. It discusses the experiences of three International…
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FieldNotes: Promoting Employee Engagement

This issue of FieldNotes focuses on successful employee engagement. It includes examples, advice, and first-hand accounts. Much of the material comes from the volunteer activities of Lucent employees, who have worked…
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Studies & Reflections #5: Cost-Benefit Analyses—A Method Proposed by entra21

This study is fifth in the entra21 Studies and Reflections series. It describes a methodology for calculating costs; estimating benefits; and, with those results, creating a cost-benefit analysis for entra21…
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Youth and Job Quality: Results From the entra21 Program

This study is the third in the entra21 Learning Series, which presents findings from that program. It describes the quality of employment that youth were able to obtain as a…
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YOUth No. 1, Citizen Youth: The Game of Politics

This article by Sheila Kinkade appeared in the Fall 2007 edition of YOUth magazine. Kinkade is Manager of Marketing and Communications at the International Youth Foundation (IYF). In this article,…
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Studies & Reflections #6: Career Pathways for Youth in the Navegar.Sur Project

This study is sixth in the entra21 Studies and Reflections series. It discusses the work histories of a sample of young workers from Navegar.Sur, an entra21 project in Argentina. It…
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Youth Development Notes: Preparing Youth for 21st Century Jobs—entra21 Across Latin America & the Caribbean

This series from the Children & Youth Unit, Human Development Network, of The World Bank aims to share research findings and lessons from the field to address these important cross-sectoral…
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