2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'This paper assesses the impact of an integrated skills training program
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given to youth aged 17-25-year old living under the \$2/day poverty line
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in the cocoa belt region of Ghana. Despite being a leading producer of
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cocoa and having a burgeoning youth population, it is estimated that the
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average age of a cocoa farmer in Ghana is greater than 50 years. To
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introduce young people to cocoa farming and address the potential
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barriers they face in order to do that; a multi-faceted skills training
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programme was designed with the ultimate aim of improving and
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diversifying youth livelihoods. The training had three key components:
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i) cocoa academies (which includes agricultural practices; life skills
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and financial literacy); ii) business incubators (including
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entrepreneurial training, networks, mentoring) and iii) supporting
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enabling environment (access to land and finance). Combining
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quasi-experimental methods Propensity Score Matching with Difference in
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Differences, we estimate the causal effect of the programme on
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agricultural outcomes (farming, agricultural practices), financial
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behaviour outcomes (saving practices, mobile banking) and livelihood
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outcomes (employment, income, poverty likelihood) one year after the
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completion of training. The results of the impact evaluation suggest
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that compared to the control group (youth nonparticipants), youths who
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participated in the training adopt better agricultural practices (26
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percentage points (pp)), cultivate cocoa (24 pp), and are more likely to
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engage in farming (22 pp). We also find a 28.7\% increase in income in
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the last seven days and hours worked by 12.4\%. Youth also increase the
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use of banks for saving (16 pp), save using mobile money (6.7 pp), the
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use of Village Savings and Loan Associations (1.7 pp) and, in general,
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the use of mobile money for both sending and receiving transfers (10.6
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pp). The sex-disaggregated sub-sample analysis provides other valuable
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insights on the intervention.(c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Unnikrishnan, V (Corresponding Author), Univ Manchester, Global Dev
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Inst, Manchester, Lancs, England.
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Unnikrishnan, Vidhya, Univ Manchester, Global Dev Inst, Manchester, Lancs, England.
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Pinet, Melanie; Pasanen, Tiina, Overseas Dev Inst, London, England.
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Marc, Lukasz, World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA.
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Boateng, Nathaniel Amoh, Solidaridad West Africa, Accra, Ghana.
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Boateng, Ethel Seiwaa, Participatory Dev Associates, Kumasi, Ghana.
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Atta-Mensah, Maya, Cornerstone Res, San Francisco, CA USA.
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Bridonneau, Sophie, Civil Serv Fast Stream, Cabinet Off, London, England.'
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article-number: '105732'
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author: Unnikrishnan, Vidhya and Pinet, Melanie and Marc, Lukasz and Boateng, Nathaniel
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Amoh and Boateng, Ethel Seiwaa and Pasanen, Tiina and Atta-Mensah, Maya and Bridonneau,
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Sophie
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author-email: 'Vidhya.unnikrishnan@manchester.ac.uk
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m.pinet@odi.org.uk
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lmarc@worldbank.org
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nat@solidaridadnetwork.org
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t.pasanen@odi.org.uk
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bridonneau@faststream.civilservice.gov.uk'
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author_list:
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- family: Unnikrishnan
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given: Vidhya
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- family: Pinet
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given: Melanie
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- family: Marc
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given: Lukasz
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- family: Boateng
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given: Nathaniel Amoh
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- family: Boateng
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given: Ethel Seiwaa
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- family: Pasanen
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given: Tiina
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- family: Atta-Mensah
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given: Maya
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- family: Bridonneau
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given: Sophie
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105732
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earlyaccessdate: JAN 2022
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eissn: 1873-5991
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files: []
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issn: 0305-750X
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journal: WORLD DEVELOPMENT
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keywords: Training; Youths; Impact; Quasi-experiment; Livelihood strategies
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keywords-plus: EMPLOYMENT
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language: English
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month: MAR
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number-of-cited-references: '44'
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orcid-numbers: Amoh Boateng, Nathaniel/0000-0003-2320-8376
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papis_id: 159241305c85672395721ccf3167d0b2
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ref: Unnikrishnan2022impactintegrated
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times-cited: '1'
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title: 'Impact of an integrated youth skill training program on youth livelihoods:
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A case study of cocoa belt region in Ghana'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000806868400027
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usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
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usage-count-since-2013: '8'
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volume: '151'
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web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
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year: '2022'
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