Can Skills Training Programs Increase Employment for Young Women? : The Case of Liberia
Young people age 15 to 29 make up about a quarter of the world's population, yet they constitute nearly half of the world's unemployed. The World Bank is helping to increase viable employment opportunities for youth. In many countries, re...
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okr-10986-254572021-04-23T14:04:31Z Can Skills Training Programs Increase Employment for Young Women? : The Case of Liberia World Bank ADOLESCENT GIRLS AFTERNOON SESSIONS ATTENDANCE RATE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BASIC LITERACY BUSINESS SKILLS CHILDCARE CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COMPUTER SKILLS CONTROL GROUPS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP GENDER GENDER-SENSITIVE GIRLS INTERVENTIONS JOB TRAINING LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LED LIFE SKILLS LITERACY TRAINING NUMERACY PEER GROUPS RETENTION RETENTION RATE SCHOOLS SELF EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING THINKING TRAINEES TRAINING PROGRAMS YOUTH WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY Young people age 15 to 29 make up about a quarter of the world's population, yet they constitute nearly half of the world's unemployed. The World Bank is helping to increase viable employment opportunities for youth. In many countries, restrictive gender norms make it harder for girls to access training and employment opportunities. To ensure that girls and young women are included in this agenda, the Bank launched the Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI) in 2008. The program is being piloted in eight low-income countries- including some of the toughest environments for girls. Each intervention is tailored to the country context, and includes an impact evaluation to build the evidence base to help adolescent girls and young women succeed in the labor market. The first AGI pilot- the Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (EPAG) and young women project was launched in Liberia in late 2009. Preliminary results from the midline survey show that EPAG has been very successful in achieving its primary objectives- increasing employment and earnings among young women. The magnitude of the results is impressive when compared to findings from other youth training programs in developing countries. It is expected that successful economic empowerment programs like EPAG can also indirectly bring about positive behavioral changes and provide spillover benefits for the families and communities of trainees. 2016-11-28T20:55:49Z 2016-11-28T20:55:49Z 2012-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/471171468057238901/Can-skills-training-programs-increase-employment-for-young-women-the-case-of-Liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25457 English en_US Adolescent Girls Initiative Results Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Liberia |
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ADOLESCENT GIRLS AFTERNOON SESSIONS ATTENDANCE RATE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BASIC LITERACY BUSINESS SKILLS CHILDCARE CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COMPUTER SKILLS CONTROL GROUPS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP GENDER GENDER-SENSITIVE GIRLS INTERVENTIONS JOB TRAINING LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LED LIFE SKILLS LITERACY TRAINING NUMERACY PEER GROUPS RETENTION RETENTION RATE SCHOOLS SELF EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING THINKING TRAINEES TRAINING PROGRAMS YOUTH WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY |
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ADOLESCENT GIRLS AFTERNOON SESSIONS ATTENDANCE RATE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE BASIC LITERACY BUSINESS SKILLS CHILDCARE CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COMPUTER SKILLS CONTROL GROUPS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP GENDER GENDER-SENSITIVE GIRLS INTERVENTIONS JOB TRAINING LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LED LIFE SKILLS LITERACY TRAINING NUMERACY PEER GROUPS RETENTION RETENTION RATE SCHOOLS SELF EMPLOYMENT SKILLS TRAINING THINKING TRAINEES TRAINING PROGRAMS YOUTH WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENDER INNOVATION LAB AFRICA GENDER POLICY World Bank Can Skills Training Programs Increase Employment for Young Women? : The Case of Liberia |
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Young people age 15 to 29 make up about
a quarter of the world's population, yet they
constitute nearly half of the world's unemployed. The
World Bank is helping to increase viable employment
opportunities for youth. In many countries, restrictive
gender norms make it harder for girls to access training and
employment opportunities. To ensure that girls and young
women are included in this agenda, the Bank launched the
Adolescent Girls Initiative (AGI) in 2008. The program is
being piloted in eight low-income countries- including some
of the toughest environments for girls. Each intervention is
tailored to the country context, and includes an impact
evaluation to build the evidence base to help adolescent
girls and young women succeed in the labor market. The first
AGI pilot- the Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
(EPAG) and young women project was launched in Liberia in
late 2009. Preliminary results from the midline survey show
that EPAG has been very successful in achieving its primary
objectives- increasing employment and earnings among young
women. The magnitude of the results is impressive when
compared to findings from other youth training programs in
developing countries. It is expected that successful
economic empowerment programs like EPAG can also indirectly
bring about positive behavioral changes and provide
spillover benefits for the families and communities of trainees. |
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Can Skills Training Programs Increase Employment for Young Women? : The Case of Liberia |
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Can Skills Training Programs Increase Employment for Young Women? : The Case of Liberia |
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Can Skills Training Programs Increase Employment for Young Women? : The Case of Liberia |
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Can Skills Training Programs Increase Employment for Young Women? : The Case of Liberia |
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Can Skills Training Programs Increase Employment for Young Women? : The Case of Liberia |
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can skills training programs increase employment for young women? : the case of liberia |
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2016 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/471171468057238901/Can-skills-training-programs-increase-employment-for-young-women-the-case-of-Liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25457 |
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