Support to Jobs for Youth in Niger : A Retrospective Evaluation of Jobs Projects 2007-2018
Supporting jobs for youth in Niger means addressing difficult questions of the right level of ambition, of reaching the necessary scale, and of trade-offs with funding for poverty reduction. Jobs policy for youth in Niger faces a difficult balancin...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/876121559663436023/Support-to-Jobs-for-Youth-in-Niger-a-retrospective-evaluation-of-jobs-projects-2007-2018 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31808 |
| Summary: | Supporting jobs for youth in Niger means
addressing difficult questions of the right level of
ambition, of reaching the necessary scale, and of trade-offs
with funding for poverty reduction. Jobs policy for youth in
Niger faces a difficult balancing act. It must be grounded
in the reality that given the very modest starting point,
economic opportunities for most Nigeriens are likely to
remain limited in the medium term. At the same time, jobs
policy needs to contend with the fact that young Nigeriens
aspire for a different economic life than that lived by
their elders. The challenge is thus to determine what kind
of support is realistically feasible and can provide a
good-enough perspective for young Nigeriens. Secondly,
policy must ask whether the actions envisaged can make a
real difference at scale, given the very big needs for
better jobs. Finally, in an environment where poverty
remains pervasive, it is important to acknowledge that
providing jobs support specifically for youth may mean
forgoing other investments that may be more efficient in
reducing poverty. To make informed choices on these
questions, policy makers may need to understand clearly the
effectiveness of different jobs support modalities, their
appropriateness in addressing Niger`s challenges, and their
cost efficiency. This study seeks to provide such an
assessment. The purpose of this study is to review the
effectiveness of projects that supported jobs for youth in
Niger over the years 2007-2018. |
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