Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group
Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group
approach in Turkey and Sierra Leone brought together youth, workers, andthe government, while in Argentina the Bank team worked closely with thegovernment and academics. Dissemination of findings followed an establishedprocess. The Nigeria report was published in one of the leading Nigeriandailies.Bank follow-up focused on skills development through TVET projects and afew DPLs. A programmatic approach to analytic work was used in Indonesia,Tunisia, and Turkey, where the ESW formed part of a comprehensive workprogram of youth, labor markets, employment, and education issues. SomeESW had a policy impact on the reform of several ALMP systems, on theNational Youth Employment Program in Ghana, and in Sri Lanka. Therewas limited effort to disseminate and follow up on some high-quality ESW,including the Zambia report.Notes1. IDA countries had a per capita income of less than $1,175 in 2010 and lackedthe financial ability to borrow from IBRD. IDA loans are deeply concessional—interest-free loans and grants for programs aimed at boosting economic growthand improving living conditions. IBRD loans are non-concessional. Blendcountries are eligible for IDA loans because of their low per capita incomes, butthey are also eligible for IBRD loans because they are financially creditworthy.2. A fragile situation is defined as having either: (i) a composite World Bank,African Development Bank, and Asian Development Bank Country Policy andInstitutional Assessment rating of 3.2 or less; or (ii) the presence of a UnitedNations and/or regional peace-keeping or peace-building mission (for example,African Union, European Union, NATO), with the exclusion of border monitoringoperations, during the past three years. Since 2000, IDA has provided over $5.9billion in post-conflict reconstruction assistance to fragile and conflict-affectedcountries.3. With the exception of one Tunisia report from 2004.4. Data are not available for Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Zambia.5. Economic and Sector Work on Jordan, Mongolia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka,Timor-Leste, and Zambia.6. Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Turkey, and Zambia.ReferencesFields, Gary. 2007. Labor Market Policy in Developing Countries: A Selective Reviewof the Literature and Needs for the Future. Cornell University and IZA.World Bank. 2011. World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security, and Development.120 Youth Employment Programs
Appendix EThe IFC Portfolio for Youth Employment
- Page 105 and 106: Identification and Analysis of the
- Page 107 and 108: • Making the labor market work be
- Page 109 and 110: Table B.3ApprovalFYList of Projects
- Page 111 and 112: Table B.3ApprovalFYList of Projects
- Page 113 and 114: Table B.4(I)nvestmentClimate(L)abor
- Page 115 and 116: Table B.6List of Economic Sector Wo
- Page 117 and 118: ment, Private Sector Development, a
- Page 119 and 120: Other evaluations with outcome meas
- Page 121 and 122: Table B.8CountryFranceKenyaMexicoPa
- Page 123 and 124: Table B.8CountryUnitedStatesYouth E
- Page 125 and 126: Table B.8CountryEuropeancountriesLa
- Page 127 and 128: Bidani, Benu, Niels-Hugo Blunch, Ch
- Page 129: Training Replication Sites.” Manp
- Page 132 and 133: Appendix C provides additional info
- Page 134 and 135: Box C.2Global Partnership for Youth
- Page 136 and 137: ReferencesAedo, Cristian, and Ian W
- Page 138 and 139: This appendix provides additional i
- Page 140 and 141: The number of projects and total le
- Page 142 and 143: Figure D.2World Bank Youth Employme
- Page 144 and 145: Table D.5Intervention categoryYouth
- Page 146 and 147: Table D.7Prevalence of Project Obje
- Page 148 and 149: Table D.9Target Groups of Project O
- Page 150 and 151: Table D.11Type of Interventions Sup
- Page 152 and 153: Table D.13 Frequently Used Youth Em
- Page 154 and 155: In sum, this portfolio review chapt
- Page 158 and 159: This appendix presents a detailed a
- Page 160 and 161: to Finance business line, over a si
- Page 162 and 163: entrepreneurship projects. Investme
- Page 164 and 165: IFC has three types of investments
- Page 166 and 167: Box E.1Africa Schools ProgramIFC su
- Page 168 and 169: Box E.2e4e Initiative for Arab Yout
- Page 170 and 171: 3. IFC’s Advisory Services corpor
- Page 172 and 173: This appendix presents lessons for
- Page 174 and 175: Labor Market RegulationsLabor marke
- Page 176 and 177: to the definition of unemployment b
- Page 178 and 179: In post-conflict zones with small f
- Page 180 and 181: Public works programs in Bank proje
- Page 182 and 183: marginal impact of school-to-work t
- Page 184 and 185: of the program. However, results fo
- Page 186 and 187: • Weak results frameworks on the
- Page 188 and 189: sustainability. Zambia’s TEVET pr
- Page 190 and 191: unemployed youth registered with th
- Page 192 and 193: for Employment and Entrepreneurship
- Page 194 and 195: Note1. The Technical and Vocational
- Page 196 and 197: Ibarraran, Pablo, and David Rosas.
- Page 198 and 199: World Bank. 2012a. “World Bank an
- Page 200 and 201: IEG’s Youth Employment Evaluation
- Page 202 and 203: Figure G.1 Facebook Demographics Ba
- Page 204 and 205: Figure G.3Results on Rural Employme
approach in Turkey and Sierra Leone brought together youth, workers, andthe government, while in Argentina the Bank team worked closely with thegovernment and academics. Dissemination of findings followed an establishedprocess. The Nigeria report was published in one of the leading Nigeriandailies.Bank follow-up focused on skills development through TVET projects and afew DPLs. A programmatic approach to analytic work was used in Indonesia,Tunisia, and Turkey, where the ESW formed part of a comprehensive workprogram of youth, labor markets, employment, and education issues. SomeESW had a policy impact on the reform of several ALMP systems, on theNational <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Employment</strong> Program in Ghana, and in Sri Lanka. Therewas limited effort to disseminate and follow up on some high-quality ESW,including the Zambia report.Notes1. IDA countries had a per capita income of less than $1,175 in 2010 and lackedthe financial ability to borrow from IBRD. IDA loans are deeply concessional—interest-free loans and grants for programs aimed at boosting economic growthand improving living conditions. IBRD loans are non-concessional. Blendcountries are eligible for IDA loans because of their low per capita incomes, butthey are also eligible for IBRD loans because they are financially creditworthy.2. A fragile situation is defined as having either: (i) a composite World Bank,African Development Bank, and Asian Development Bank Country Policy andInstitutional Assessment rating of 3.2 or less; or (ii) the presence of a UnitedNations and/or regional peace-keeping or peace-building mission (for example,African Union, European Union, NATO), with the exclusion of border monitoringoperations, during the past three years. Since 2000, IDA has provided over $5.9billion in post-conflict reconstruction assistance to fragile and conflict-affectedcountries.3. With the exception of one Tunisia report from 2004.4. Data are not available for Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Zambia.5. Economic and Sector Work on Jordan, Mongolia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka,Timor-Leste, and Zambia.6. Serbia, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Turkey, and Zambia.ReferencesFields, Gary. 2007. Labor Market Policy in Developing Countries: A Selective Reviewof the Literature and Needs for the Future. Cornell University and IZA.World Bank. 2011. World Development Report 2011: Conflict, Security, and Development.120 <strong>Youth</strong> <strong>Employment</strong> <strong>Programs</strong>
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