This report provides an overview of Zambia's labor market, highlights key potential sectors for future economic development and employment growth, and analyses the challenges faced by the technical education, vocational, and entrepreneurship training (TEVET) system as it seeks to respond to...

There is cross-party consensus in Britain that increasing the number of apprenticeships is an important way of dealing with the country’s deficit in intermediate skills. In addition to raising skill levels, there has been a further aim of apprenticeship policy: to improve the job prospects of...

This report presents the findings of the impact assessment of the Vocational Skills component of the SCALE-UP programmes of CHF International implemented by GACEED. The objective of the study was to assess impact of the vocational skills training on the beneficiaries in Ga-Mashie in the Greater...

This project examines whether rapid coding courses can effectively equip disadvantaged young workers with the necessary skills to thrive in the labor market. In particular, we will implement an RCT to evaluate the causal effects of a coding bootcamp among young job seekers from non-traditional...

This paper introduces a simple framework for developing work-based technical skills and enhancing employability skills in vulnerable youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. The purpose is to ascertain that sustainable skills development is not just provision of technical skills but also developing...

We use a randomized controlled trial to examine the short- and mid-term impacts of a best-practice training program on (non-)employment outcomes in Ghana. Overall the program did not affect core labor market outcomes at the extensive (employment) and intensive (hours of work, income) margin, but...

Binomial logit models are commonly used in the analysis of the situation of respondents on the labour market. Consequently, in most cases researchers consider two states: of being unemployed and employed or economically inactive and active. This paper focuses on the situation of young people...