Kenya : Can the Private Sector Help Train Youth for Jobs?
The World Bank is committed to working with governments to give everyone the ability to lead productive and healthy lives and getting youth ready for and in jobs is part of this. In Kenya, the World Bank supported a pilot program to give unemployed...
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okr-10986-282242021-05-25T10:54:44Z Kenya : Can the Private Sector Help Train Youth for Jobs? World Bank SKILLS TRAINEES WORK EXPERIENCE TECHNOLOGY UNEMPLOYMENT YOUNG MEN CHILDREN YOUNG ADULTS EDUCATION SKILLS TRAINING WAGES TRAINING AVERAGE AGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE YOUTH PARTICIPANTS YOUNG WOMEN AGE PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION YOUNG PEOPLE GROUPS UNEMPLOYED YOUTH YOUTH ACCESS LIFE-SKILLS LIFE SKILLS HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL EDUCATION URBAN YOUTH YOUTH LEARNING WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHOOL MONTHLY STIPEND INTERNSHIPS TRAINING PROGRAMS ADULTS The World Bank is committed to working with governments to give everyone the ability to lead productive and healthy lives and getting youth ready for and in jobs is part of this. In Kenya, the World Bank supported a pilot program to give unemployed youth access to job training and private sector internships. An impact evaluation found that those who went through the program were more likely to end up with paid employment, and that young women in particular were also more likely to open a bank account and save money. The Government of Kenya and the World Bank are using the results to help expand the program to reach more young people and give them the opportunity to learn skills and find jobs. Finding effective ways to help unemployed and underemployed youth make the transition from low-paid informal labor to higher paid wage labor is a major challenge for policymakers across the globe. The results from this study contribute to a growing body of evidence on the role that training programs can play in addressing this challenge. The findings suggest that offering young people training and work experience in the private sector is a promising way to put youth in jobs and increase their earnings in urban settings throughout Africa. In addition to increasing employment, the program encouraged youth to participate in more skills training and internships, and got more young people to open bank accounts and use them. The results mirror other similar findings from different countries in Latin America, suggesting private sector training and internships, provided in collaboration with governments, are a promising way to increase youth opportunity in a range of settings. 2017-09-08T15:33:12Z 2017-09-08T15:33:12Z 2016-02 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/399011467994702112/Kenya-Can-the-private-sector-help-train-youth-for-jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28224 English en_US From Evidence to Policy; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Kenya |
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The World Bank is committed to working
with governments to give everyone the ability to lead
productive and healthy lives and getting youth ready for and
in jobs is part of this. In Kenya, the World Bank supported
a pilot program to give unemployed youth access to job
training and private sector internships. An impact
evaluation found that those who went through the program
were more likely to end up with paid employment, and that
young women in particular were also more likely to open a
bank account and save money. The Government of Kenya and the
World Bank are using the results to help expand the program
to reach more young people and give them the opportunity to
learn skills and find jobs. Finding effective ways to help
unemployed and underemployed youth make the transition from
low-paid informal labor to higher paid wage labor is a major
challenge for policymakers across the globe. The results
from this study contribute to a growing body of evidence on
the role that training programs can play in addressing this
challenge. The findings suggest that offering young people
training and work experience in the private sector is a
promising way to put youth in jobs and increase their
earnings in urban settings throughout Africa. In addition to
increasing employment, the program encouraged youth to
participate in more skills training and internships, and got
more young people to open bank accounts and use them. The
results mirror other similar findings from different
countries in Latin America, suggesting private sector
training and internships, provided in collaboration with
governments, are a promising way to increase youth
opportunity in a range of settings. |
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