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1. Youth Employment Needs in Nigeria

   

   There has been increased interest in youth issues in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, especially related to employment. Nigeria is expected to grow to over 440 million people by 2050, becoming the third most populated country in the world. Nigerians se

   Publication year: 2019 Publisher(s): K4D, Knowledge, Evidence, and Learning for Development Author(s): Price, Roz

2. Pathways to Opportunity- Supporting Rural Youth to Leverage Decent Work: Evidence from the cross-sectoral Youth in Action program

   

   While there is a growing body of research on programming for youth livelihood development, the evidence on the effectiveness of these programs is mixed. Additionally, there are still questions around equity: who benefits from these programs and who is lef

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): Save the Children Canada | Save the Children US Author(s): D'Sa, Nikhit

3. USAID's Building the POTENTIAL of Youth Activity

   

   Launched in 2015, USAID's Building the Potential of Youth Activity (POTENTIAL) is implemented by Save the Children and its partners: Education Development Center inc. (EDC), Facilitators for Change (FC), HUNDEE-Oromo Grassroots Development Initiative (HUN

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): Save the Children US

4. Learning Narrative: Youth self-employment capabilities

   

   Youth in Action (YiA), is a six-year youth learning and livelihoods program in partnership with Mastercard Foundation. The program works to improve the sustainable livelihoods of over 40,000 out-of-school girls and boys in rural Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethio

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): Save the Children Canada Author(s): Moorcroft, Sarah

5. Youth in Action Program in Uganda

   

   Youth in Action is a six-year youth livelihood program, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, YiA aims to improve the socio-economic status of 40,000 out-of-school young people in rural Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda. Through t

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): Save the Children

6. From Leaving Home to Setting up Shop

   

   According to the International Labor Organization, in 2016, there were 150 million migrant workers in the world – 66.6 million of them were women. In Ethiopia, poverty, unemployment and family pressure to earn money, combined with low public awareness abo

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): Save the Children

7. Lessons Learned from Youth Employment Programmes in Kenya

   

   The government of Kenya with the support of multilateral donors, especially the World Bank, has introduced several youth employment initiatives since the 2000s, including a large-scale public works programme. There is a mix of supply-side programmes which

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): K4D, Knowledge, Evidence, and Learning for Development Author(s): Ismail, Zenobia

8. Effect of Youth in Action on Work Readiness and Socioeconomic Outcomes: Findings from Malawi

   

   About 89 million youth between the ages of 12-24 are part of a growing cohort of out-of-school youth, approximately half of whom live in Sub-Saharan Africa. While many of these youth aspire to be active members of their community, many out-of-school rural

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): Save the Children | Search Institute Author(s): D'Sa, Nikhit | Gebru, Eliel | Scales, Peter C | Wu, Chen-Yu

9. The Impact of Youth in Action on Youth, their Families, and Communities in Egypt

   

   Youth in Action (YiA) is a six-year program that works to improve the socioeconomic status of out-of-school girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 18 in Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda, Malawi, and Burkina Faso. YiA does this by enhancing young people’s founda

   Publication year: 2018 Publisher(s): Save the Children Author(s): Rydberg, Nancy | Nermine, Nabil

10. Training Module on Gender Mainstreaming in Youth Livelihood Programs

    

    This training module was adapted from Save the Children’s Gender Mainstreaming Program Guidance and Toolkit for the Youth in Action Program supported by MasterCard Foundation. Promoting gender equality is an integral part of youth livelihoods programming.

    Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children

11. Findings from the Pre-Test Data Analysis in Egypt’s Program Outcomes Study (Older Target Group: Ages 15-18)

    

    This report presents findings from the YiA program for the older targeted age group in Egypt: youth between 15-18 years of age. The Program Outcome Study (POS) was designed to understand how youth work readiness (financial literacy, work support and resou

    Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children | Search Institute Author(s): D'Sa, Nikhit | Gebru, Eliel | Scales, Peter C

12. Youth in Action: When family support matters for rural girls (video)

    

    This informational video follows Diarra, a 20-year-old woman from Boucle de Mouhoun, north-west of Burkina Faso. Diarra was about to get married when the Youth in Action (YiA) programme started in her village. Her father was convinced to delay her marriag

    Publication year: 2017 Publisher(s): Save the Children

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