Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- Objectives of the Study -- Methodology -- Socio-Economic Context and Education Trends -- Macroeconomic Trends -- Poverty Profile -- 2. Overview of Youth Employment and Training -- Introduction -- Youth Involvement in the Labor Market -- Youth Unemployment and Joblessness -- Determinants of Youth Employment Outcomes -- Incidence of Training -- Human Capital Levels and Youth Labor Market Outcomes -- Summary of Recommendations -- 3. Children's Work and Schooling -- Introduction -- Involvement in Employment -- Determinants of Children's Time Use -- Summary of Recommendations -- 4. Provision of Technical and Vocational Education and Training -- Introduction -- Provision of Technical and Vocational Education and Training -- Financing of Education -- Recent TVET Reforms -- Analysis of the TVET Sector -- Summary of Recommendations -- 5. Recommendations -- Introduction -- Recommendations for Policy Makers -- TVET Level Recommendations -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Computation of Sampling Weights for The Gambia Household Surveys -- Appendix B: Determinants of Children's Employment and Schooling -- Appendix C: Children's Work and Child Labor -- Appendix D: Organizational Structure of the GTTI -- Appendix E: Training Needs Assessment Examination of the Scarcity of Skills -- Appendix F: The NTA's Functional Structure -- Appendix G: Experience with Training Funds in World Bank-Financed Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Appendix H: Terms of Reference for the Study to Redesign the Training Levy -- References -- Back Cover.