30 research outputs found
“You cannot eat rights”: a qualitative study of views by Zambian HIV-vulnerable women, youth and MSM on human rights as public health tools
Full text linkTaller temático : la integración de la tecnología en los programas de empleo y el aumento de la empleabilidad de los jóvenes más vulnerables; 26 y 27 de abril 2011, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
No full textInforme final del programa Entra21: Fase 1 2001-2007
No full textEl informe final de la primera fase del Programa entra21 ilustra cómo 35 proyectos ejecutados localmente han desarrollado distintas estrategias, para formar y capacitar a más de 19.000 jóvenes, colocando en puestos de trabajo a más de 10.000 y las lecciones aprendidas en este proceso
Final Report of the entra21 Program: Phase I: 2001-2007
No full textThis report evaluates the results of the first phase of the entra 21 program. It describes how 35 locally executed projects have implemented varying strategies to train some 19,000 young people, placing more than 10,000 in good jobs, and the lessons derived from these experiences.Vocational & Technical Education, Youth & Children, Entra21
Informe final del programa Entra21: Fase 1 2001-2007
No full textEl informe final de la primera fase del Programa entra21 ilustra cómo 35 proyectos ejecutados localmente han desarrollado distintas estrategias, para formar y capacitar a más de 19.000 jóvenes, colocando en puestos de trabajo a más de 10.000 y las lecciones aprendidas en este proceso.Formación profesional y técnica, Jóvenes y niños, Entra21
The impact of soft skills training on female youth employment: evidence from a randomized experiment in Jordan
Get PDFEmployers around the world complain that youth lack the soft skills needed for success in the workplace. In response, a number of employment programs have begun to incorporate soft skills training, but to date there has been little evidence as to the effectiveness of such programs. This paper reports on a randomized experiment in Jordan in which female community college graduates were randomly assigned to a soft skills training program. Despite this program being twice as long in length as the average program in the region, and taught by a well-regarded provider, we find soft skills training does not have any significant employment impact in three rounds of follow-up surveys. We elicit expectations of academics and development professionals and reveal that these findings are novel and unexpected
