Ghana Youth Employment Program Inventory
This youth employment inventory has been compiled to improve the evidence base for making decisions about how to address the problem of youth unemployment or youth who are not in education and not participating in the labor market in Ghana. Policy...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/983361485926523733/Ghana-Youth-employment-program-inventory http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26046 |
| Summary: | This youth employment inventory has been
compiled to improve the evidence base for making decisions
about how to address the problem of youth unemployment or
youth who are not in education and not participating in the
labor market in Ghana. Policy makers who are considering
measures to help young people make the transition into the
labor market and obtain decent work are hampered by a lack
of information on the various options, the effectiveness of
the options in different situations, and options that have
been tried and failed among different youth profiles. To
guide public policy and inform private efforts, more
evidence is needed about the effectiveness of different
initiatives and approaches in promoting youth employment and
fostering a smooth transition from education and training to
work. This study takes a modest step in this direction by
mapping youth employment initiatives in Ghana. The
government of Ghana has undertaken many initiatives to
address the youth unemployment challenges. At the same time,
many private sector organizations, some for private entities
and others that are nonprofit efforts, have undertaken
training programs to contribute to and improve the labor
force in Ghana. The key focus of youth employment
initiatives in Ghana is skills development and training,
entrepreneurial training, apprenticeship, employment
services, and direct employment. A total of 40 youth
employment programs have been analyzed for this report. Of
these, 18 are in the public sector and are implemented by
government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). The
other 22 interventions are implemented by the private
sector, which includes corporate entities, nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs), and civil society organizations
(CSOs). The existing programs are highly concentrated around
skills development, training, and entrepreneurship training.
Apprenticeship programs are more common in public sector
programs, where over a third of programs offer apprenticeships. |
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