Support to Jobs for Youth in Niger a Retrospective Evaluation of Jobs Projects 2007-2018

Boureima Gado, Jan von der Goltz, Mira Saidi and Abdoulaye Sambo Soumaila

No 31129932, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: paper issue; limited access to finance; high population growth rate; youth; number of beneficiaries; income generating activity; access to job; data on results; senior operations; Agricultural Value Chain; production of staple; temporary income support; labor market entrant; cash for work; technical training program; source of income; standard of living; source income; share of wage; lack of skill; high birth rate; number of women; series of meetings; places of business; investments in infrastructure; resilience to drought; jobs in agriculture; privileges and immunity; improvement in productivity; Access to Electricity; household enterprise; Job Creation; permanent job; subsistence agriculture; cost efficiency; Young Workers; raise revenues; institutional environment; institutional memory; temporary job; household head; Temporary Work; job opportunities; job opportunity; portfolio review; formal sector; market access; young people; study period; informed choice; working life; youth employment; intermediate outcome; balancing act; young population; humanitarian relief; population dynamic; budget share; Cash Income; cash grant; poor household; Job Quality; public source; productive activity; data quality; human capital; informal business; informal loan; age range; causal effect; livelihood support; small grants; qualitative information; regional pattern; humanitarian assistance; project datum; collected information; family work; limited resources; Youth Inclusion; formal employment; results framework; peace building; food system; farming household; primary sector; smallholder agriculture; household welfare; food insecurity; government body; subsistence crop; cash crop; government oversight; government priority; original work; widespread poverty; proven technology; copyright owner; sole responsibility; quantitative indicators; Job Matching; work force; innovative initiative; small fraction; real investment; living condition; aggregate productivity; family benefit; total wage; household income; Project Monitoring; formal system; harvest time; increased revenue; business environment; inclusive jobs; portfolio composition; Program of Activities; Cash Transfer; personal relationship; government entity; employment structure; women beneficiary; conceptual framework; agriculture sector; agricultural product; Social Protection; local market; local development; agricultural production; job impact; manufacturing activities; business skill; scientific advisory; personal care; Gender Gap; population data; unpaid work; rural area; agricultural household; project types; retail trade; young woman; family farm; lessons learnt; agricultural sector; family relation; wage employment; informal sector; market demand; social stability; commercial purpose; average duration; primary beneficiaries; border area; older generations; identification process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 66
Date: 2019-01-01
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