This report is the key output of the 2007 Global Youth Microenterprise Conference.

The specific objectives of the publication are to:

1. highlight the importance of youth economic initiatives;
2. provide insight into promising practices on youth livelihood development, which encompasses
   employment preparation as well as enterprise creation and development;

3. demonstrate the wide spectrum of stakeholders, sectors and approaches involved;
4. contribute to consensus building on the need for standardized indicators and improved monitoring and evaluation;
5. begin to identify opportunities for scaling up and replication of successful approaches;
6. extract some of the challenges members of all sectors are facing on this issue; and
7. raise awareness on the need to invest in youth livelihood opportunities as part of socio-economic development efforts. Ultimately, this publication aims to support efforts to increase the number of youth in the workforce, particularly through self-employment, and the ability of youth livelihood programming to achieve greater impact and sustainability.