The Private Sector and Youth Skills and Employment Programs in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Getting youth into productive employment is an urgent policy issue for countries around the world. Many governments in low and middle-income countries are actively engaged in policies to help youth attain the skills they need to do well in work and...

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Main Authors:	Glick, Peter J., Huang, Crystal, Mejia, Nelly
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SKILLS EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION JOBS SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT DEADWEIGHT LOSS FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM FORMAL EDUCATION PERSONALITY TEACHERS EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP INFORMAL SECTOR TRAINING PROVIDERS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET NEEDS SCHOOLING JOB SEARCHES PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT NUMERACY TRAINING INSTITUTIONS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESIGN GROUPS LABOR FORCE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT LIFE SKILLS GENERAL EDUCATION JOB PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS INFORMAL TRAINING ADULT EDUCATION LABOR MARKET SUCCESS INCOME SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS TRAINING PROGRAMS PRIVATE TRAINING PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES TRAINING CENTERS ACTIVE LABOR LABOR MARKET EXPERIENCE JOB SEEKERS LITERACY WORK EXPERIENCE TEXTBOOKS KNOWLEDGE LABOR MARKET COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING PRIVATE FIRM TRAINING PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PRIVATE PROVIDERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SOCIAL SKILLS WORKER DESIGNING CURRICULA ACTIVE LABOR MARKET UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS UNEMPLOYED NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS JOB EXPERIENCE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LEARNING FORMAL TRAINING DEADWEIGHT LOCAL FIRMS SCHOOL QUALITY WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS JOB TRAINING PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS LABOR TEACHING JOB SEARCH LABOR MARKET INTERVENTIONS ACCESS TO INFORMATION RETENTION RATES READING EDUCATION SYSTEMS UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH LABOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION VOCATIONAL TRAINING TRAINING COSTS DROPOUT RATES PRIVATE SERVICE WORKERS SKILLS TRAINING LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS YOUNG WORKERS TRAINING INSTITUTES CURRICULUM DESIGN SCHOOLS LABOR DEMAND PARTICIPATION SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS CURRICULA SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT WAGE SUBSIDIES SKILLED WORKFORCE OCCUPATIONS DISADVANTAGED YOUTH PRIVATE PROVISION OCCUPATION YOUTHEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EMPLOYMENT SERVICE PRIVATE FIRMS SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT YOUTH DECISION MAKING LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES PRIVATE SECTOR QUALIFIED TEACHERS PUBLIC WORKS PAYROLL TAXES CURRICULUM SKILLED LABOR MANAGEMENT NEW ENTRANTS PUBLIC AGENCIES COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EDUCATION HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS INVESTMENT SCHOOLING ATTAINMENT VOCATIONAL SKILLS EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES CAREER COUNSELING PRIVATE COST RURAL AREAS TRAINING PROGRAM INSTRUCTION JOB PLACEMENT EMPLOYEE YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH TRAINING LABOR SUPPLY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GIRLS ACTIVE LABOR MARKET INTERVENTIONS STUDENTS LEADERSHIP PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TECHNICAL EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE INTERVENTIONS PROCESS EVALUATION CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION JOB SKILLS FEES WOMEN SUPPLIERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT LABOUR CLASSROOM EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS WAGE SUBSIDY EMPLOYMENT POLICY PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT TRAINING SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDERS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYEES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25522921/private-sector-youth-skills-employment-programs-low-middle-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23260

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Summary:	Getting youth into productive employment is an urgent policy issue for countries around the world. Many governments in low and middle-income countries are actively engaged in policies to help youth attain the skills they need to do well in work and in life, as well as to find suitable employment. The involvement of the private sector in youth skills development and employment is a complex issue because the nature of the firms and their motivations vary significantly. Multinational corporations operating in low and middle-income countries may be motivated by direct productivity or profit objectives - to secure a skilled workforce, or reliable suppliers - but also, or even primarily, by corporate social responsibility (CSR) factors. Firms that supply training or employment services will be driven by profit considerations when entering these markets and deciding what services to offer and to whom. The purpose of this paper is threefold: (1) to provide a comprehensive look at the way the private sector is involved in youth skills and employment in low- and middle-income countries, considering the broad range of program types and firm types; (2) to present and interpret the available evidence of the effectiveness of this involvement; and (3) to understand where the private sector has been most effective at promoting young people’s labor market success, and what can be done to enhance the role of the private sector to achieve this objective. The report is organized as follows: chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two provides background to the analysis of the private sector role in youth employment in low- and middle-income countries. In chapter three the authors characterize the private sector’s role more systematically using the youth employment inventory, a global database of interventions that are designed to integrate young people into the labor market. Chapter four reviews the evidence of effectiveness of youth interventions involving the private sector. Chapter five briefly draws together strands from the previous review, as well as from the broader literature, to gain an understanding of the institutional and other factors leading to (and in other cases preventing) successful public-private partnerships for youth employment. Chapter six summarizes the main findings of this review, and is followed by a discussion of key gaps in knowledge on the role of the private sector in different types of youth employment intervention that future research should attempt to address, and a review of the main lessons for policy and programming emerging from the study.

The Private Sector and Youth Skills and Employment Programs in Low and Middle-Income Countries

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