Thursday, March 6

• J-PAL Youth Initiative Review paper [Research paper / Policy brief]
• Why impact evaluation? [Presentation]
• Life Skills, Employability and Training for Disadvantaged Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Design (Dominican Republic) [Research paper / Presentation]
• Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Randomized Trial (Colombia) [Research paper / Presentation]
• MEDA Maroc’s “100 Hours to Success” Program (Morocco) [Research paper / Policy brief / Presentation]
• Can arts-based interventions enhance labour market earnings among youth (Brazil) [Research paper]
• The effectiveness of labour market training: Evidence from meta-analyses [Presentation]
• Introduction to matchmaking [Presentation]
• Matchmaking consultation: Promoting Self-Employment (Enda Inter-Arabe, Tunisia) [Presentation]
• Matchmaking consultation: Agri-Business Creation Programme (SPARK, Yemen) [Presentation]
• Matchmaking consultation: At-Risk Youth Programme (The Sheikh Saud Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, UAE) [Presentation]
• Matchmaking consultation: We Are Social Leaders (INJAZ, Jordan) [Presentation]
• Matchmaking consultation: Development of Pro-poor Footwear Clusters and Value Chains (UNIDO, Iran) [Presentation]
• Matchmaking consultation: Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives (Saudi Arabia) [Presentation]

Friday, March 7

• Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship: Evidence and Implications for the Youth [Presentation]
• Empowering Adolescent Girls: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial (Uganda) [Research paper / Policy brief / Presentation]
• Money transfers to disadvantaged youth (France) [Research paper / Presentation]
• Stimulating microenterprise growth: Results from a Loans, Grants and Training Experiment (Uganda) [Research paper / Policy brief / Presentation]
• Evaluating the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education (Egypt): Preliminary results [Presentation]
• Entrepreneurship training and self-employment among university graduates : evidence from a randomized trial (Tunisia) [Research paper / Policy brief / Presentation]
• Impact Evaluation of Al-Amal Microfinance Bank’s Youth Loan Program (Yemen): Preliminary results [Presentation]

Saturday, March 8 

• Entrepreneurship and Financial Inclusion for Youth: Results from Three Randomized Evaluations [Presentation]
• Wage subsidies to address youth unemployment: Evidence from a randomised control trial (South Africa) [Research paper / Policy brief / Presentation]
• Facilitating youth's entry into the labour market: training, wage subsidies, and intermediation services, 2nd follow-up survey (Jordan) [Research paper / Policy brief / Presentation]
• Public Works as a Safety Net: Design, Evidence, and Implementation [Research paper / Presentation]
• Sustainability in Public Works [Policy brief / Presentation]