Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group

Table B.7List of Countries for Country Case Studies and Project PerformanceAssessment Reports, by Region and Level of World Bank GroupEngagement on Youth EmploymentWorld BankengagementlevelPurposefully selected countriesAFR High Burkina Faso, Ghana, Rwanda 6LowLiberia, Nigeria, South AfricaEAP High China 2LowIndonesiaECA High Turkey, Armenia 4LowFYR Macedonia, RomaniaLAC High Colombia 3LowDominican Republic, BrazilMENA High Tunisia 2LowMoroccoSAR High 1LowBangladeshTotal casestudiesSource: World Bank data.Note: AFR= Africa; EAP= East Asia and Pacific; ECA= Europe and Central Asia; LAC= Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA=Middle East and North Africa; SAR= South Asia Region.• High official youth unemployment rates as reported by the InternationalLabor Organization and World Development Indicators statistics (theformer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Armenia, South Africa, DominicanRepublic);• Large youth cohorts and high youth inactivity rates (Nigeria, Morocco,Bangladesh);• Introduction of reforms and programs related to youth employment(Ghana, Liberia, Indonesia, Turkey, Romania, Rwanda);• High Bank involvement in youth employment (Colombia, China, Tunisia,Burkina Faso).More countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (6 countries) were selected to reflectthe large World Bank Group involvement and high youth population. Fieldvisits were undertaken to the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda,and Tunisia. Comprehensive desk reviews were conducted for the remaining13 countries. Each desk-based case study took approximately 10 days tocomplete, while field-based case studies took 15–17 days for both desk andfield work. The data sources consulted for the case studies included:• Substantial in-depth reviews of World Bank Group project and programdocuments of operations managed by sectors such as Human Develop-80 Youth Employment Programs