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The Evidence Is In: How Should Youth Employment Programs in Low-Income Countries be Designed?

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dc.contributor.authorKaul, Upaasna
dc.contributor.authorFox, Louise
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-13T18:51:43Z
dc.date.available2018-07-13T18:51:43Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.description.abstractYouth in many low-income countries are entering the labor force in unprecedented numbers, yet many struggle to secure rewarding livelihoods. This paper outlines the economic development challenges that constrain youth's transition into employment, and it parses the evidence on which programs and policies appear to speed that transition. It concludes that it may be time for a fundamental reassessment of approaches for addressing youth employment and the youth transition in low-income countries. Employment opportunities in low-income countries reflect the pace of economic and structural transformation. In designing strategies, policies, and programs to meet the entry-into-employment challenge for youth, the starting point is to diagnose the economy and current/future employment opportunities. Combined with the analysis of youth employment problems from a structural transformation perspective, evidence from rigorous evaluations of youth employment interventions provides new insight into which kinds of interventions are more likely to help youth succeed in certain contexts. The evidence reviewed here casts serious doubt on the efficacy and value of training interventions to help youth enter formal wage employment. The case is stronger for interventions that speed the transition to self-employment in farming or non-farm household enterprises. Support for development of transferable character skills and social integration among youth through positive youth development programs should be tested further for employment and earnings impacts, perhaps along with cash transfers to youth or access to finance. In reviewing the evidence on the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of youth employment impacts, the paper also notes the need for better measures of displacement and general equilibrium effects.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/837861530219586540/The-evidence-is-in-how-should-youth-employment-programs-in-low-income-countries-be-designed
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8500
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29973
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8500
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectYOUTH EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectJOB CREATION
dc.subjectLABOR POLICY
dc.subjectINFORMALITY
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.subjectMICROENTERPRISE
dc.subjectLABOR SKILLS
dc.subjectVOCATIONAL TRAINING
dc.titleThe Evidence Is Inen
dc.title.subtitleHow Should Youth Employment Programs in Low-Income Countries be Designed?en
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okr.crossref.titleThe Evidence Is In: How Should Youth Employment Programs In Low-Income Countries Be Designed?
okr.date.disclosure2018-06-28
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/837861530219586540/The-evidence-is-in-how-should-youth-employment-programs-in-low-income-countries-be-designed
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8500
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0861d6608_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum30218487
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Vocational & Technical Education
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group, Development Economics
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