Employment Generation in Rural Africa : Mid-Term Results from an Experimental Evaluation of the Youth Opportunities Program in Northern Uganda

Can cash transfers promote employment and reduce poverty in rural Africa? Will lower youth unemployment and poverty reduce the risk of social instability? The authors experimentally evaluate one of Uganda's largest development programs, which...

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Main Authors:	Blattman, Christopher, Fiala, Nathan, Martinez, Sebastian
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AGE COHORT AGGRESSION ATTRITION AVAILABILITY OF CREDIT BANK ACCOUNT BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BONDS BOUNDED RATIONALITY BUDGETING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITAL STOCK CASH BALANCE CASH TRANSFER COGNITIVE ABILITY COMMITMENT DEVICE CONSUMPTION LEVELS CONTROL GROUPS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DISBURSEMENT DISCOUNT RATE DURABLE DURABLE ASSETS ECONOMIC DECISIONS ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMICS LITERATURE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXCESS DEMAND EXCHANGE RATES EXPECTED RETURNS EXTERNALITIES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FINANCES FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT FIXED COSTS FORMAL SCHOOLING FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GROUP DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD WEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INDIFFERENCE CURVES INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INFLATION INNOVATIONS INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS INTERVENTIONS INTRINSIC VALUE INVESTMENT CHOICE INVESTMENT DECISIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR HOURS LABOR MARKET LABOR UTILIZATION LABORERS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEVEL OF RISK LIQUID WEALTH LITERACY LITERACY TRAINING LOAN LOAN TERMS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARKET FAILURE MARKET INTEREST RATE MARKET RATE OF RETURN MENTAL HEALTH MICROCREDIT MICROENTERPRISES MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MOBILE PHONES MONEYLENDER MONEYLENDERS MUTUAL INSURANCE NATIONAL INCOME NORMAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY COST PEER PRESSURE POLITICAL CONTROL POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POLITICAL SCIENTISTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIME LENDING RATE PRIVATE LENDERS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SPENDING RATES OF RETURN REAL INTEREST REAL INTEREST RATE RECALL RENTS RETURN RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSE INDIVIDUALS RISK AVERSION RISK NEUTRAL SCHOOLS SHORT-TERM BORROWING SKILLS TRAINING SMALL LENDERS SMALL LOANS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIOLOGISTS STOCKS TERRORISM THINKING TRADING TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANCHE UNEMPLOYMENT UTILITY FUNCTION VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING WAGES WORKING CAPITAL WORKING MEMORY YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/944601468192251018/Employment-generation-in-rural-Africa-mid-term-results-from-an-experimental-evaluation-of-the-Youth-Opportunities-Program-in-Northern-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26827