Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya

Coding bootcamps are intensive short-term programs designed to train participants in programming skills to make them immediately employable. They combine characteristics of traditional vocational training programs with the intensity of military boo...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH TRAINING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING EMPLOYMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY JOB CREATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/274491523523596058/Coding-bootcamps-for-youth-employment-evidence-from-Colombia-Lebanon-and-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29742

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spelling	okr-10986-297422021-05-25T09:13:58Z Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya World Bank SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH TRAINING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING EMPLOYMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY JOB CREATION Coding bootcamps are intensive short-term programs designed to train participants in programming skills to make them immediately employable. They combine characteristics of traditional vocational training programs with the intensity of military bootcamps for new recruits, intermingling socio emotional and tech skills learning in an intense and experiential manner, in what could be referred to as skills accelerators. The authors refer to coding bootcamps in this report as the ready-to-work model. The initiative aims to collect and share examples and lessons of bootcamps in emerging markets, and measure the impact of bootcamp training on youth employment in selected countries. The program seeks to establish a framework of best practice for future projects in technology upskilling in the developing world. This report highlights the results of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) carried out in Medellín (Colombia), complemented with qualitative studies in Beirut (Lebanon) and Nairobi (Kenya). This report is arranged as follows: Chapter 1 starts with introduction; Chapter 2 describes the intervention in Medellín,including the experimental allocation of training slots to the bootcamp; Chapters 3 and 4 present the qualitative studies in Beirut and Nairobi; The main findings from the three interventions are presented in Chapter 5; and lessons for future impact evaluations are described in Chapter 6. 2018-04-26T21:41:16Z 2018-04-26T21:41:16Z 2018-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/274491523523596058/Coding-bootcamps-for-youth-employment-evidence-from-Colombia-Lebanon-and-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29742 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Knowledge Economy Study Economic & Sector Work Africa Latin America & Caribbean Middle East and North Africa Colombia Kenya Lebanon
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spellingShingle	SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH TRAINING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING EMPLOYMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY JOB CREATION World Bank Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya
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description	Coding bootcamps are intensive short-term programs designed to train participants in programming skills to make them immediately employable. They combine characteristics of traditional vocational training programs with the intensity of military bootcamps for new recruits, intermingling socio emotional and tech skills learning in an intense and experiential manner, in what could be referred to as skills accelerators. The authors refer to coding bootcamps in this report as the ready-to-work model. The initiative aims to collect and share examples and lessons of bootcamps in emerging markets, and measure the impact of bootcamp training on youth employment in selected countries. The program seeks to establish a framework of best practice for future projects in technology upskilling in the developing world. This report highlights the results of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) carried out in Medellín (Colombia), complemented with qualitative studies in Beirut (Lebanon) and Nairobi (Kenya). This report is arranged as follows: Chapter 1 starts with introduction; Chapter 2 describes the intervention in Medellín,including the experimental allocation of training slots to the bootcamp; Chapters 3 and 4 present the qualitative studies in Beirut and Nairobi; The main findings from the three interventions are presented in Chapter 5; and lessons for future impact evaluations are described in Chapter 6.
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title	Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya
title_short	Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya
title_full	Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya
title_fullStr	Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya
title_full_unstemmed	Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya
title_sort	coding bootcamps for youth employment : evidence from colombia, lebanon, and kenya
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/274491523523596058/Coding-bootcamps-for-youth-employment-evidence-from-Colombia-Lebanon-and-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29742
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Coding Bootcamps for Youth Employment : Evidence from Colombia, Lebanon, and Kenya

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