Contributions from Matthew Aho
    
            
      
    Youth Employment in the Americas: Challenges and Prospects
    
    
            
      
    
  
  AS/COA hosted a panel discussion on strategies to reduce the barriers young adults face in entering the job market.
    
            
      
    Taking Youth to Market
    
    
            
      
    
  
  Latin American young adults bear the brunt of tight labor markets during the economic downturn. Governments, businesses, and civil society can step up to help.
    
            
      
    Americas Quarterly Launch, Bogota: Connectivity and the New Generation
    
    
            
      
    
  
  Americas Society and Council of the Americas launched the Winter 2010 issue of Americas Quarterly at an event in Bogota, Colombia, focused on connectivity and the next generation.