DRC Skills Development Project for Employability - 2015

DR Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Skills Development Employability Project provides vocational training to young men and women. Beneficiaries enroll in a six-month technical course, followed by a three-month internship and a job search support program. The goal of the project is to increase participants’ level of employment by strengthening their technical and managerial skills.

Study Website

Adolescents: 500-999

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Experimental

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2015

Areas Covered: Cities: Pointe-Noire, Brazzaville

Investigators: World Bank, Mdecin d'Afrique

Funders: Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo; World Bank

Series:

Not applicable

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance, Learning;

Family/Household Structure;

Gender Attitudes/Beliefs - Gender role beliefs, Marriage attitudes;

Marriage;

Reproductive Health - Fertility, Sexual behavior;

Subjective Expectations;

Violence - Emotional/psychological violence, Sexual violence;