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Just recently there was a ranking on which countries were good and bad for under 25's (not me anymore).
Here you can see just how bad all of Latin America is doing. (Ok, will exempt Canada, Chile & USA from criticism.)
Horrible.
Some quotes from the article:
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Soon after publishing his op-eds, Marquardt and his team decided to expand their research. Using data from international organizations like the World Bank, UNESCO and the OECD, he and his team identified 64 nations for which a sufficient amount of reliable and comparable information was available. The team then used 59 indicators to rank the countries, based on their surveys on optimism among the youth, but also on harder data measuring health, educational opportunities, and access to employment, for instance. They focused on people younger than 25.
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In many regards, the index is a reflection of a country's economic position: Richer or economically expanding countries will always find it easier to attract young people.
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The United States, Australia and some other countries already invite young workers to apply for "work and travel" visas. According to Marquardt, work visas for younger generations should be made available in more countries.
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Chile outranks other South American nations in the index, and the authors consider it to be one of the world's most youth-friendly countries.
Regarding Norway, it's been a lucrative market for younger swedish people wanting high salaries on non-qualified labor, however there's been a downturn for the Norwegian economy, who's heavily dependent on oil.
In Colombia it's to be expected. In addition to the inequalities and violence prevalent across much of Latin America, Colombia is also still in a war that affects the rural youth especially as they're recruited to pseudo-political insurgent groups that actually have little to do with politics and more to do with drug trafficking.
Remains to be seen if this improves with enactment of the peace deal from early next year.
Regarding Norway, it's been a lucrative market for younger swedish people wanting high salaries on non-qualified labor, however there's been a downturn for the Norwegian economy, who's heavily dependent on oil.
I don't see how these "experts came out with such figures" unemployment in Spain, Italy, Ireland and in most Mediterranean countries is running close to 30% for adults and over 50% for people under 35. In contrast the unemployment for countries such as Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia is running at less than 5%.
There are tens of thousands of Spanish immigrants are finding work in Latin America today.
As far as Norway, that country doesn't even have one third the population of Ecuador. It has a large land mass and oil, it is expected for it to be doing good.
It is really amazing how Latin America is prospering compared to its European counterparts!
I don't see how these "experts came out with such figures" unemployment in Spain, Italy, Ireland and in most Mediterranean countries is running close to 30% for adults and over 50% for people under 35. In contrast the unemployment for countries such as Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia is running at less than 5%.
There are tens of thousands of Spanish immigrants are finding work in Latin America today.
Have only seen the first clip but there it says that 802 spaniards resides in Peru on a more permanent basis (0:58 in the clip) Not that many imho. It also says that there's a future gov. project to attract more professional foreigners. Chile already has a huge project called Chile Start-Up (I think that's what's it is called). Peru's climate for younger might change in a few more years for the better.
Also Spain is not top ranked either, as you can see it's color is neutral... not the best, not the worst. There are many factors included (59 of them) in the ranking, not ONLY unemployment levels.
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