Measuring Success of Youth Livelihood Interventions : A Practical Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation
Programs to actively support young people's employment prospects have existed for decades in industrialized countries; however, they are relatively new in developing nations. In a broad sense, youth livelihood interventions support young peopl...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/23777518/measuring-success-youth-livelihood-interventions-practical-guide-monitoring-evaluation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23991 |
| Summary: | Programs to actively support young
people's employment prospects have existed for decades
in industrialized countries; however, they are relatively
new in developing nations. In a broad sense, youth
livelihood interventions support young people's means
to earn a living, and include training, public service,
youth entrepreneurship, and financial services. More
narrowly, many practitioners define youth livelihood
programs as activities targeting particularly vulnerable and
marginalized groups in the informal economy, with a specific
focus on self-employment. This guide adopts the broader
definition and includes workforce development for the formal
sector. This is an introductory guide written for
practitioners with no or very limited knowledge about impact
evaluation or quantitative research methods, but who
nonetheless care about demonstrating the true results of
their work. It speaks to program managers and local
monitoring and evaluation (M&E) officers across all
types of organizations active in the youth livelihood field:
local and international NGO's, local and national
government officials, and bilateral and multilateral donors.
Given the diversity of backgrounds and experiences among
practitioners, it is impossible to tailor this guide to
everyone equally well. However, we have tried to provide a
comprehensive discussion of evaluation methods for youth
livelihood interventions so that readers can identify the
sections most relevant to their own interests and needs.
With this guide, we aim to equip readers with the basic set
of concepts and tools needed to make informed decisions
about how to best evaluate their programs. We seek to
provide a clear understanding of the variety of evaluation
options available and the considerations that will allow
practitioners to choose the most appropriate one based on
learning objectives and operational context. Moreover, we
describe how to manage an impact evaluation if it is the
assessment method of choice. Our overarching goal is to
strengthen the foundation of sound programming and
policymaking by increasing the number of quality evaluations
in the youth livelihood field, thereby facilitating the
scale-up and replication of successful interventions. |
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