The Impact of an Adolescent Girls Employment Program (Record no. 142584)
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| control field | The World Bank |
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| Standard number or code | 10.1596/1813-9450-6832 |
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| System control number | (The World Bank)6832 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Adoho, Franck |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Impact of an Adolescent Girls Employment Program |
| Medium | [electronic resource] : |
| Remainder of title | The EPAG Project in Liberia / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Adoho, Franck |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Washington, D.C., |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | The World Bank, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (48 p.) |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This paper presents findings from the impact evaluation of the Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (EPAG) project in Liberia. The EPAG project was launched by the Liberian Ministry of Gender and Development in 2009 with the goal of increasing the employment and income of 2,500 young Liberian women by providing livelihood and life skills training and facilitating their transition to productive work. The analysis in this paper is based on data collected during two rounds of quantitative surveys in 2010 and 2011, the second of which was conducted six months after the classroom-based phase of the training program ended. Strong impacts are found on the employment and earnings outcomes of program participants, relative to a control group of non-participants. The EPAG program increased employment by 47 percent and earnings by 80 percent. In addition, the impact evaluation documents positive effects on a variety of empowerment measures, including access to money, self-confidence, and anxiety about circumstances and the future. The evaluation finds no net impact on fertility or sexual behavior. At the household level, there is evidence of improved food security and shifting attitudes toward gender norms. These results reinforce the highly positive feedback received from focus group discussions with program participants. Finally, preliminary cost-benefit analysis indicates that the budgetary cost of the EPAG business development training for young women is equivalent to the value of three years of the increase in income among program beneficiaries. These preliminary results provide strong evidence for further investment and research into young women's livelihood programs in Liberia. |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Access & Equity in Basic Education |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Adolescents |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Education |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Education For All |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Gender |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Health, Nutrition and Population |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Labor Policies |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Population Policies |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Primary Education |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social Protections and Labor |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Vocational Training |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Youth Employment |
| 651 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Adoho, Franck |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chakravarty, Shubha |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Korkoyah, Dala T. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lundberg, Mattias |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Tasneem, Afia |
| 776 18 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Main entry heading | Print version: |
| Display text | Adoho, Franck |
| Title | The Impact of an Adolescent Girls Employment Program. |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2014 |
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| Uniform title | Policy research working papers. |
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| Uniform title | World Bank e-Library. |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-6832">http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-6832</a> |
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