Publication: Integration: A New Approach to Youth Employment Programs
Date
2018-03
ISSN
Published
2018-03
Author(s)
Datta, Namita
Assy, Angela Elzir
Buba, Johanne
Watson, Samantha
Abstract
This guide aims to provide general
guidance to project managers and project teams on the design
and implementation of integrated, cross-sectoral youth
employment programs.The aim of the integrated programs
described in this guide is to bring together supply- and
demand side interventions to simultaneously address three
interrelated objectives:Promote job creation for the target
population; Improve the quality of jobs young people already
have, many of which are in the informal sector; and Help
prepare young job seekers for jobs or to move from low- to
higher-quality jobs.This guide has been developed by a team
drawn from multiple World Bank Global Practices and is based
on evidence, experience, and lessons learned from a variety
of sources.This guide attempts to present a broad framework
to help project teams explicitly link supply- and
demand-side considerations in the context of an integrated
youth operation: Section one briefly introduces the
conceptual framework guiding project design, the type of
diagnostic work needed, and the diagnostic models and tools
that can be used. Some of these tools are generic, but can
be adapted to look more deeply at youth employment issues;
Section two discusses how teams could improve the design of
supply-side interventions. Reviews of successful youth
employment programs suggest they have certain
characteristics in common: they offer a diversified package
of interventions that address the constraints of a
heterogeneous group of beneficiaries; include good
identification, profiling, and follow-up systems; and rely
on appropriate contracting and payment systems for providers
and strong engagement with the private sector; Section three
presents practical suggestions to improve the design of a
youth employment program on the demand side. The evidence on
what works in fostering more and better job creation at the
firm level is not as robust as for the supply side.
Nonetheless, there are interventions that can be adapted to
stimulate job creation and/or labor productivity growth at
the firm level with a focus on youth.; Section four
describes how teams might develop a fully integrated
program/project. In most cases, project managers might need
to begin with designing either a supply- or demand-side
intervention and then try to integrate or connect it with
one or more interventions aimed from the other side. In
other cases, the project team may be able to design a fully
integrated program from the start. Such integrated
approaches are new and require systematic testing,
experimentation, and piloting to fine-tune design elements.
The guide is supplemented by ten annexes which summarize
useful tools and techniques that can be adapted to the youth
employment context.
Citation
“Datta, Namita; Assy, Angela Elzir; Buba, Johanne; Watson, Samantha. 2018. Integration; Integration : A New Approach to Youth Employment Programs. Jobs Guide;No. 3. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31439 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”