Can Public Works Programs Reduce Youth Crime? : Evidence from Papua New Guinea's Urban Youth Employment Project
Crime rates in Papua New Guinea's capital city of Port Moresby are among the highest in the world. Few youth work, and good jobs are scarce. In 2013, the National Capital District Commission partnered with the World Bank to implement the Urban...
Main Authors: | Ivaschenko, Oleksiy, Naidoo, Darian, Newhouse, David, Sultan, Sonya |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/417571492540309698/Can-public-works-programs-reduce-youth-crime-evidence-from-Papua-New-Guineas-urban-youth-employment-project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26470 |
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