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Learning how youth employability support could go further.

Evaluating a youth employability programme to inform delivery improvements and decisions about scale-up.

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Study at a glance

Industry
Education & Youth Development
Country
Ghana
Year
2025
Participants
1,200 beneficiaries
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
The context

Skills and employment ambitions needed evidence of progress.

An international development organization implemented a youth employability programme aimed at improving skills and employment outcomes for vulnerable young people. The client required an independent evaluation to assess programme effectiveness.

The questions

Understanding outcomes and the scope to expand

  1. Measure programme outputs and short-term outcomes.

  2. Assess participant satisfaction and perceived benefits.

  3. Identify implementation challenges and best practices.

  4. Provide evidence-based recommendations for scale-up.

The approach

Bringing participant experience into programme evaluation

Beneficiary surveys, participant discussions and implementing partner interviews examined delivery and outcomes using a results-based evaluation approach.

  1. Mixed methods: structured beneficiary surveys (n = 1,200)

  2. FGDs with programme participants

  3. KIIs with implementing partners and trainers

  4. results-based monitoring

  5. OECD-DAC evaluation criteria

What the research showed

Positive outcomes. Different experiences across regions.

Demonstrated positive employment and skills outcomes among programme beneficiaries.

Identified regional variations in programme effectiveness.

From findings to action

Provided practical recommendations to strengthen delivery models.

What happened next

Findings informed redesign, renewal and expansion.

Findings informed programme redesign and supported successful funding renewal and expansion into additional regions.

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