Youth Employment Programs - Independent Evaluation Group

Table E.1Net Job Creation by IFC—the Top 4 Countries, MENA andSouth AfricaNumber of IFC clients thathave tracked direct jobcreationIFC direct net jobYouth unemploymentCountrycreation 2006–2010(%) (2009,ILO)Brazil 70,272 41 17.8 8.3Overallunemployment (%)Argentina 31,273 16 21.2 8.6China 47,802 61 4.3India 45,427 81 10.5 4.4MENA Region -6,528 73South Africa -509 9 48.2 23.8Source: IFC Employment Reach Data and ILO and WDR unemployment data.Note: IFC= International Finance Corporation; ILO- International Labour Organization; MENA= Middle East and North AfricaRegion.Direct Job creation data is based on the calendar year. The figures do not include indirect or induced jobs created by the clients.The data includes employment data of clients that had project approvals between FY01–FY11. Funds and the FinancialMarket Sector are excluded.Table E.2creation. Of the 110 projects with the objective of job creation, less thana third (32) had both a job creation objective and tracked correspondingemployment indicators (figure E.2). However, the employment data havenot been categorized by age group, and only a few advisory service projectshave explicitly included youth as a beneficiary group. Projects with jobcreation objectives are mainly in the Sustainable Business Advisory (SBA)and Investment Climate business lines. In SBA, the projects were primarilyfocused on capacity building to improve the growth and competitiveness ofsmall and medium enterprises, including linkages, value chains, and localNet Direct Job Creation by Sector in IFCNet job creation 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 TotalAgribusiness and forestry 8,901 33,514 15,508 11,239 20,246 89,408Consumer and social services 6,076 5,368 15,318 8,709 26,776 62,247Infrastructure 0 -60 -227 3,344 -943 2,114Manufacturing 15,361 -6,139 19,766 9,993 16,205 55,186Oil, gas, and mining 2,142 4,614 12,879 6,298 5,895 31,828Telecom and information technology 7,389 18,508 -2,950 3,943 994 27,884Total 39,869 55,805 60,294 43,526 69,173 26,8667Source: IFC Employment Reach DataNote: Funds and Financial Market Sector are excluded.Job creation data are based on the calendar year and include employment data of clients that had project approvals betweenFY01–FY11.Appendix E: The IFC Portfolio for Youth Employment 125