Tag
democratic_republic_of_congo
3 findings
Labour & employmentGender-Differentiated Employment GainsIn the Democratic Republic of the Congo, overall public works program increases in participant employment probability and average hours worked were driven primarily by female employment gains.RCTLabour & employmentMulti-Component Training BundlingStandalone skills training yielded no significant long-term impact on skills or employment; however, participants receiving hard-skills training bundled with an incentivized savings scheme experienced the largest positive impacts on job likelihood and total savings.RCTLabour & employmentPost-Program Self-Employment TransitionPublic works program participants worked 16 percent more days in self-employment compared to non-participants, measured more than a year after program completion.RCT