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The aim of this course is to advance student learning on labor markets in developing countries and examine the range of policies that can be employed to improve employment outcomes and human capital development. The course will focus not only labor market policies but also on more integrated policies linked with labor markets such as social policy and economic development. Active labor market polices – job finding/intermediation services, training, and wage subsidies in particular – are being adapted in developing countries to improve employment outcomes, in some cases with better performance than in the advanced nations. Latin America has had particular success in youth training which requires, not training for training's sake, but demand-based training that leads to employment or a return to school.