Continued Partnership for the Use of Evidence to Inform Youth Employment and Skills Development Programs in Côte d’Ivoire

Youth employment and skills development is a key concern for Côte d’Ivoire in its race to achieve emergence by 2030. Over the last five years, the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, the World Bank, and independent researchers have maintained a close partnership aimed at developing innovative programs to tackle youth unemployment and building rigorous evidence to improve them. Two evaluations have been conducted so far and a third one launched recently. The goal is now to ensure the effective translation of this evidence into policy decisions. The government is eager to build the evaluation results into their decision-making process. GPI funding will be used to provide technical assistance and capacity-building to increase the potential policy impact of this research, including fostering the discussion of specific potential policy actions, optimizing the use of the extensive data collected through the evaluations and the government administrative data, and conducting a cost-effectiveness comparison of similar programs implemented in the region.