Youth employment programs [[electronic resource] ] : an evaluation of World Bank and international finance corporation support

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Independent Evaluation Group, The World Bank Group, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.3; 331.34
• Soggetto topico: International finance
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: At head of title: IG World Bank, IFC, MIGA.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; OVERVIEW; MANAGEMENT ACTION RECORD; COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS (CODE); 1. WHY FOCUS ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT?; The Nature of the Youth Employment Problem; TABLES; Table 1.1 Youth Employment Indicators, by Percent, and Region; Table 1.2 Overview on the Nature of Youth Employment Problems in Different Contexts; BOXES; Box 1.1 Roma Youth in Europe; Consequences; Objective of this Evaluation; Note; FIGURES; Figure 1.1 Youth Unemployment in the Misery Index, by Region, 2010; References ; 2. WHAT ARE THE WORLD BANK AND IFC DOING IN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT?The Evaluation Applies the Bank's MILES Framework; Box 2.1 Adapting the MILES Framework to Organize Issues in Youth Employment; The Bank's Lending and Analytic and Advisory Activities Portfolio for Youth Employment Is Small and Young; What Is the Bank Doing in the Three ILE Intervention Categories?; Figure 2.1 Actual World Bank Support to Youth Employment, 2001-2011 (US millions); IFC Has a Broad Approach to Employment Creation; Figure 2.2 Top 12 Youth Employment Interventions in 90 Bank Projects ; Paucity of Data on Youth Employment Limits AnalysisBox 2.2 Methodology: How Do We Know What the World Bank Group Is Doing?; Notes; References; 3. WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT THE WORLD BANK AND IFC SUPPORT PRIORITY COUNTRY NEEDS IN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT?; Youth Employment in Sector Strategic Documents; Youth Employment Is Not a Strategic Issue in the Bank's Country Strategies; Figure 3.1 Top 10 Youth Employment Borrowers (US millions); Box 3.1 A Comprehensive Approach in Youth Employment Programs; Challenges in Multisector Collaboration ; Box 3.2 What the Bank is Supporting: Findings from 18 CountriesFigure 3.2 Participation of Sector Specialists in Relevant Components Managed by Other Sectors; Notes; References; 4. WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BANK AND IFC SUPPORT TO YOUTH EMPLOYMENT?; Table 4.1 Youth Employment Intervention Categories; Fostering Job Creation and Work Opportunities (I); Smoothing School-to-Work Transition and Job Mobility (L); Fostering Skill Development and Labor Market Relevance of Skills (E); The Bank's Impact Evaluations on Youth Employment; Notes; References; 5. RECOMMENDATIONS ; APPENDIXESA. Conceptual Foundation of the Evaluation Framework; B. Evaluation Data Sources and Methods; C. Strategies and Collaboration; D. The World Bank Portfolio for Youth Employment; E. The IFC Portfolio for Youth Employment; F. Lessons from Impact Evaluations and World Bank Group Operations; G. Social Media Outreach Goals, Methodology, and Results; BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Sommario/riassunto: Youth employment issues are a major concern for many countries because they havenegative effects on the welfare of young people, and may also adversely affect economicperformance and social stability. This is the first Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)evaluation of the World Bank Group's support to countries trying to address youth employmentissues.The World Bank lending portfolio for youth employment is relatively small, althoughcomponents of programs appear in 57 countries. Most projects include interventions inskills development and school-to-work transition. Half of the projects include i
• Titolo autorizzato: Youth employment programs
• ISBN: 1-283-94901-6; 0-8213-9795-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462708703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Independent Evaluation Group Studies