Publication: Building Capacity to Evaluate Value Chain Development for Job Creation: A Case Study from Tunisia
Date
2021-06-30
ISSN
Published
2021-06-30
Author(s)
Weber, Michael
Salhab, Jade
Abstract
Value Chain Development (VCD)
approaches, and building country capacity to adopt them,
represent important operational tools to help World Bank
client countries harness private sector potential and remove
job creation constraints to create more and better jobs,
especially for youth, women, and other vulnerable groups.
The WBG-coordinated pilot ‘Value Chain Development for Jobs
in Lagging Regions, ‘Let’s Work’ Program in Tunisia’ targets
pilot value chains that could provide job opportunities for
poor or vulnerable groups in lagging regions. The project
tests new tools to help inform VCD policies: (a) Cluster and
value chain reinforcement initiatives (CRIs), and (b) Value
chain and job focused surveys. A ‘VCD Training’, the central
capacity building element of the of the Let’s Work program
in Tunisia, aimed to build public administration capacity to
analyze value chains and support private sector development,
job creation, and competitiveness, with a focus on lagging
regions. The World Bank designed and delivered the VCD
Training in Tunis from April 5, 2016 to November 14, 2016.
The eight VCs used for training purposes in the program all
link to key WBG financed operations in Tunisia. Two of these
value chains, olive oil and medicinal and aromatic plants,
were also subjects of subsequent jobs surveys. The VCD
Training built strong capacity for VCD analysis in Tunisia.
The training helped establish an inter-ministerial
‘Taskforce’ and VCD ‘Platform.’ Overall, 27 civil servants
received training, among whom 11 were evaluated as ‘ready to
conduct value chain analysis and development work’ by the
end of the training program; six of these worked as core
members of the Government VCD Taskforce. The VCD capacity
development has informed ongoing WBG-financed operations in
Tunisia and has been used to train subsequent generations of
recruits since the end of the project. All VCs analyzed show
high potential for growth, which could lead to more and
better jobs in the olive oil, the medicinal and aromatic
plants, and tomato sectors.
Citation
“Weber, Michael; Salhab, Jade. 2021. Building Capacity to Evaluate Value Chain Development for Job Creation : A Case Study from Tunisia. Job Notes;No. 14. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35957 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”