Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group

AcknowledgmentsThis evaluation is a product of the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG). Thereport was prepared by Pia Schneider with contributions from a team of evaluatorsand analysts. Management oversight was provided by Vinod Thomas,Cheryl Gray, and Monika Huppi during the approach paper phase, and thereafterby Caroline Heider and Mark Sundberg. Maria Margarita Sanchez wasresponsible for all administrative aspects of the evaluation. William Hurlbutprovided editorial support.The Bank’s project portfolio and country studies were identified by AlemayehuAmbel and Ursula Martinez. Susan Caceres, Toneema Haq, Ursula Martinez,and Pia Schneider reviewed documents for the World Bank projects. Xue Liconducted all quantitative analysis for the World Bank projects. Izlem Yeniceand Geeta Batra conducted the analysis of the International Finance Corporation(IFC) portfolio and wrote the IFC chapter.The 18 country studies were conducted by Mauricio Carizzosa (Brazil, Colombia,Turkey, and a field visit to Dominican Republic), Susan Caceres (Romania),Basil Kavalsky (Ghana, Liberia, and South Africa), Xubei Luo (China),Victoria Monchuk (Burkina Faso and Nigeria), Pia Schneider (Rwanda), andHjalte Sederlof (Armenia, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Morocco,and Tunisia). Field visits were conducted to Dominican Republic, Ghana,Liberia, Rwanda, and Tunisia. Izlem Yenice provided private sector input to allcountry studies. The country studies were coordinated by Susan Caceres andVictoria Monchuk and peer-reviewed by John Eriksson. Issue notes based onthe country studies were prepared by Susan Caceres and Victor Macias.Michelle Riboud prepared a background note on the taxonomy for youth employmentprograms. John Middleton prepared a note on skills building. HongTan prepared a note on private sector development and youth employment.Basil Kavalsky identified and reviewed 21 pieces of economic and sector workrelated to youth employment. Xue Li and Pia Schneider conducted the literaturereview and systematic review of 38 impact evaluations on youth employmentprograms. Amy Knaup supported this literature review. The literaturereview is available as a separate IEG publication.Key informant interviews with Bank management were conducted by VictorMacias, Michelle Riboud, Pia Schneider, and Hjalte Sederlof; and with IFCmanagement by Geeta Batra and Izlem Yenice. Victor Macias conducted andanalyzed a staff survey with task team leaders of youth employment projects.The evaluation greatly benefited from financial support from the NorwegianAgency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). Norwegian funds helped supportconsultants’ time and travel for conducting the Tunisia country studyand several background notes. The Norwegian support greatly enhanced thequality and depth of the data collection and evaluation analysis.Acknowledgments ix