Global Inventory of Interventions to Support Young Workers

The Youth Employment Inventory has been compiled to improve the evidence base for making decisions about how to address the problem of youth employment. As policy-makers consider measures to help young people make the transition into the labor market and obtain decent work, they are hampered by a lack of information on what their options are, what works in different situations, and what has been tried and failed. To respond to this situation, the World Bank has compiled a world-wide inventory of the interventions that are designed to integrate young people into the labor market. This Youth Employment Inventory (YEI) is based on available documentation of current and past programs and includes evidence from 289 studies of interventions from 84 countries in all regions of the world. The interventions included in the YEI have been analyzed in order to (i) document the types of programs that have been implemented to support young workers to find work; and (ii) identify what appears to work in terms of improving employment outcomes for youth.

 A Review of Interventions to Support Young Workers: Findings of the Youth Employment Inventory (548kb pdf)
by Gordon Betcherman, Martin Godfrey, Susana Puerto, Friederike Rother and Antoneta Stavreska

 Europe and Central Asia Youth Employment Inventory: Draft Summary Report (199kb pdf)
by Antoneta Stavreska

 Interventions to Support Young Workers in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Report for the Youth Employment Inventory (273kb pdf)
by Olga Susana Puerto

 Interventions to Support Young Workers in OECD Countries: Regional Report for the Youth Employment Inventory (255kb pdf)
by Olga Susana Puerto and Friederike Rother

 Interventions to Support Young Workers in South, East Asia and the Pacific: Regional Report for the Youth Employment Inventory (143kb pdf)
by Antoneta Stavreska

 Interventions to Support Young Workers in Sub Saharan Africa: Regional Report for the Youth Employment Inventory (182kb pdf)
by Friederike Rother

 Labor Market Impact on Youth: A Meta-analysis of the Youth Employment Inventory (172kb pdf)
by Olga Susana Puerto

 International Experience on Youth Employment Interventions: The Youth Employment Inventory  (350kb pdf)
Olga Susana Puerto

 Youth Employment Inventory Database (684kb excel)