Cho, YoonyoungFeda, Kebede2015-06-302015-06-302015-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22082Mozambique is experiencing significant population growth with a growing number of youth (ages 15-34) into the labor market. The surge of the raw number of individuals, particularly young people, opens both challenges and opportunities: challenges, because of the need to create sufficient jobs to employ new entrants; opportunities, because if well managed, the country will benefit from a young, dynamic labor market where innovations and creative activities serve as an engine of growth, driving up per capita income and standards of living. The paper is organized as follows. The first two sections describe the supply and demand side diagnostics of the labor market, respectively, by analyzing the profiles of workers and by examining where jobs are being created. The next section discusses the determinants of employment, type of work, and earnings. Based on this analysis of the trends and labor market outcomes, the last section identifies and discusses key areas of policy interventions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSKILLSSCHOOL SYSTEMUNEMPLOYMENT RATESPRIMARY STUDENTSBASIC EDUCATIONFORMAL EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDRENTEACHERSSCHOOLINGINSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSDIRECT COSTS OF EDUCATIONTUITIONEARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTNUMERACYENROLLMENTGROUPSLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE SKILLSPRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENTSCHOOL LEAVERSLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTSINTAKE RATESEDUCATION VARIABLESTRAINING PROGRAMSENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLSGENDER DISPARITYCOMPLETION RATEEXAMSACCESS TO EDUCATIONLITERACYKNOWLEDGECOMPLETION RATESUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONTRAININGEDUCATION POLICIESTEACHER TRAININGPARTNERSHIPSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPRIVATE SCHOOLSCHILD DEVELOPMENTPRIMARY SCHOOLINGSCHOOL UNIFORMSLOW LEVELS OF EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONLEARNINGSCHOOL QUALITYPRIMARY SCHOOLORPHANSPRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT RATETEACHINGGROSS ENROLLMENTPRIMARY COMPLETION RATESRETENTION RATERETENTION RATESPRIMARY SCHOOLSCOSTS OF EDUCATIONNON-FORMAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGPRIMARY COMPLETIONSKILLS TRAININGTEACHER EDUCATIONSCIENCEFEE ABOLITIONSCHOOLSINTAKE RATESCHOOL ATTENDANCEPARTICIPATIONCURRICULALEARNING OUTCOMESUNIVERSAL ACCESSENROLLMENT RATEAGE GROUPSPRIMARY SCHOOL AGEGERCAMPAIGNSACCESS TO PRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIMARY SCHOOL LEVELYOUTHGENDER DISPARITIESNUTRITIONSCHOOL RETENTIONMANUALSCURRICULUMNEW ENTRANTSBASIC LITERACYCOGNITIVE SKILLSEDUCATION PROGRAMSCHILDRENQUALITY EDUCATIONEDUCATIONPRIMARY LEVELSINVESTMENTTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESVOCATIONAL SKILLSBASIC NUMERACYRURAL AREASBASIC SKILLSTRAINING OF TEACHERSCHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENTYOUNG PEOPLEGIRLSPUBLIC SCHOOLSSTUDENTSCHILD LABORPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSTECHNICAL EDUCATIONINTERVENTIONSFUNCTIONAL SKILLSQUALITY ASSURANCEFEESPRIMARY EDUCATIONSCHOOL AGE CHILDRENWOMENTEACHER ABSENTEEISMCLASSROOMREPETITION RATESADULT LITERACYPARTICIPATION RATESHUMAN DEVELOPMENTRETURNS TO EDUCATIONOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOL TUITIONWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/22082