Publication: Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment: Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya
Date
2018-01
ISSN
Published
2018-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Coding bootcamps are intensive
short-term programs designed to train participants in
programming skills to make them immediately employable. They
combine characteristics of traditional vocational training
programs with the intensity of military bootcamps for new
recruits, intermingling socio emotional and tech skills
learning in an intense and experiential manner, in what
could be referred to as skills accelerators. The authors
refer to coding bootcamps in this report as the
ready-to-work model. The initiative aims to collect and
share examples and lessons of bootcamps in emerging markets,
and measure the impact of bootcamp training on youth
employment in selected countries. The program seeks to
establish a framework of best practice for future projects
in technology upskilling in the developing world. This
report highlights the results of a randomized controlled
trial (RCT) carried out in Medellín (Colombia), complemented
with qualitative studies in Beirut (Lebanon) and Nairobi
(Kenya). This report is arranged as follows: Chapter 1
starts with introduction; Chapter 2 describes the
intervention in Medellín,including the experimental
allocation of training slots to the bootcamp; Chapters 3 and
4 present the qualitative studies in Beirut and Nairobi; The
main findings from the three interventions are presented in
Chapter 5; and lessons for future impact evaluations are
described in Chapter 6.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2018. Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment: Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29742 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.”