Gender-Differentiated Employment Gains
In 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.
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Multi-Component Training Bundling
Standalone 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.
Post-Program Self-Employment Transition
Public works program participants worked 16 percent more days in self-employment compared to non-participants, measured more than a year after program completion.