Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group

Table D.11Type of Interventions Supported by Youth EmploymentProjects by Sector Board (percent)Percent of projects with interventions Education (n=37) SP (n=26) FPD (n=8) PREM (n=5) SD (n=14)Type of Interventions Supported byYouth Employment Projects by SectorBoard (percent)Business environment/investmentclimateRegulations to provide incentives tofirms to hire young peopleTraining in entrepreneurship or businessmanagement skills3 92 100 100 790 0 38 20 140 35 25 80 73 23 63 40 36Support business start up and accessto credit0 15 38 40 50Wage subsidies and minimum wages 0 15 0 20 0Direct job creation and public worksprogramsSchool to work transition and jobmobility (L)0 50 25 40 2976 96 63 80 64Counseling, job search skills, matching 27 62 13 60 29Improving information on labor market 70 96 50 80 64Overseas employment programs 0 4 0 0 0Skill development and labor marketrelevance of skills (E)Improving quality formal vocationaleducationExpanding work-based vocationaleducation100 73 63 80 6492 65 63 80 4332 42 25 80 14Skills recognition and certification 49 46 25 80 7Remedial/second chance/non-formal technicaland vocational training programs22 50 0 60 43Providing Information on training 49 58 50 80 29Training subsidies and vouchers 32 31 13 40 14Support transportation and residentialchanges11 8 0 0 0Source: IEG portfolio review based on World Bank data.Note: n=the number of projects. FPD= Finance and Private Sector Development; PREM= Poverty Reduction and EconomicManagement; SDN= Sustainable Development Network; SP= Social Protection.entrepreneurial, basic, and information technology skills. Eighty percentof the operations with skills development interventions focused ontechnical skills building. About half of the projects with interventions tofoster job creation mention offering entrepreneurial skills (figure D.7).114 Youth Employment Programs