标题： 加纳青年就业项目的实证回顾 显示英文标题

标题： Empirical Review of Youth-Employment Programs in Ghana

摘要： 加纳当前的青年失业率为19.7%，该国面临着严重的青年失业问题。 多年来，已经创建了一系列青年就业计划，但尚未进行系统性的文件记录和评估这些公共举措的影响。 明确哪些干预措施有效，将指导政策制定者制定策略和计划，以应对青年就业挑战。 通过将桌面审查与从焦点小组讨论和关键信息提供者访谈中收集的定性数据相结合，我们发现加纳实施的大多数青年就业计划涵盖了一个广泛的范围，包括技能培训、工作匹配安置、启动资金和补贴。 倡议的重复、缺乏协调以及项目很少或根本没有影响评估是这些项目所面临的主要挑战。 为了更好的协调和有效的政策制定，需要一个更集中和协调的系统来进行项目设计和实施。 同样，确保对现有青年就业计划进行严格的评估是必要的，以提供这些计划有效性和效率的实证证据。 显示英文摘要

摘要： Ghana-s current youth unemployment rate is 19.7%, and the country faces a significant youth unemployment problem. While a range of youth-employment programs have been created over the years, no systematic documentation and evaluation of the impacts of these public initiatives has been undertaken. Clarifying which interventions work would guide policy makers in creating strategies and programs to address the youth-employment challenge. By complementing desk reviews with qualitative data gathered from focus-group discussions and key informant interviews, we observe that most youth-employment programs implemented in Ghana cover a broad spectrum that includes skills training, job placement matching, seed capital, and subsidies. Duplication of initiatives, lack of coordination, and few to non-existent impact evaluations of programs are the main challenges that plague these programs. For better coordination and effective policy making, a more centralized and coordinated system is needed for program design and implementation. Along the same lines, ensuring rigorous evaluation of existing youth-employment programs is necessary to provide empirical evidence of the effectiveness and efficiency of these programs.