Impact Evaluation Survey - Skills Development Project for Employability 2018 - Congo, Rep.

Abstract
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The Skill Development for Employability Project has been launched in 2015 by the government of the Republic of Congo, and jointly financed with the World bank. The project provides vocational training to young men and women in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire. The World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) is conducting an impact evaluation of one of the project’s sub-component, in which beneficiaries enroll in a six or nine months technical training course, followed by a three months’ internship, and a job search support program.

To reach its targets, the project is being rolled out over several years, training successively different cohorts of applicants. This dataset was generated through the baseline survey of second cohort participating in the subcomponent one. Applicants must be between 17 and 30-year-old, and have the possibility to choose between a number of trades including mechanics/auto-mechanics, electricity, welding, textile, carpentry, cooking, etc.

The program’s main objectives are to increase participants' chances toward employment, by strengthening their technical and managerial skills. Moreover, the project is designed to support young women who wish to cross over to non-traditional sectors, which are typically dominated by men, but are more profitable. In other words, the program seeks to find solutions to address gender segregation in the labor market. The project is providing a daily transportation fees of 1500 CFA to young men and 2000 CFA to young women. A higher amount was provided to women, notably to encourage young mothers to participate to the program. Through these incentives, the project hopes to enroll about 50% women among the beneficiaries.

Geographic coverage
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The impact evaluation and the project are conducted in the cities of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire of the Republic of Congo. The particularity of those two (2) cities being that, they contain about 70% of the country’s population.

Analysis unit
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Individuals

Sampling procedure
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The overall sample of the study is estimated to be about 4427 individuals (control and treatment). This sample size has been reached with a number of replacements list available during the sampling process.
To select the project’s beneficiaries, applications were collected in all districts of Brazzaville and Pointe Noire. As showed in the timeline table, the application process lasted two (2) months in both cities. In each city, a number of application center have opened to regularly collect the applications within the above timeline.
To be eligible to the program the following criteria were requested:
- Be aged between 17 and 30-year-old;
- Having been out of school for at least a year before the application;
- Have never start a University study;
- Have at least 6 years’ education level;
- Be a Congolese national;
In the application center, the young men and women were helped by members of governments to fill an application form. After filling personal information requested on the form, they were randomly assigned between two (2) rooms. In room A, applicants were able to watch a video providing general information on each trade. The applicants assigned to room B, could watch video providing general information but also additional information on trading earnings. After the videos, the applicants were asked to select up to two trades for which they were interested in receiving training. This process was followed by a one-to-one interview with a trainer in their selected trades, during which they were also asked to take a test in reading and basic math.

For each trade, the goal was to select two times as many applications as there were available spots. A random draw was then conducted within each trade and each gender to assign applicants to control or treatment groups.

Mode of data collection
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Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]

Research instrument
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The questionnaire is organized into the following survey modules:
ID: Identification
SE: Respondent’s situation
ED: Education
EM: Employment
AR: Activities
EN: Entrepreneurship
EP: Productive equipment
PP: Professional project
AP: Past activities
EC: Saving
CR: Credit
TR: Transfers
DE: Spending
BP: Household assets
LM: Household members List
CF: Familial background
CC: Cognitive abilities
AS: Aspirations
GE: Gender and entrepreneurship
CN: Non-Cognitive abilities
CA: Agency
CD: Program application
The questionnaire is available for download under the Downloads tab.

摘要
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2015年，刚果共和国政府启动了旨在提升就业技能的项目，该项目与世界银行共同资助。该项目为布拉柴维尔和波因特-诺瓦的青年男女提供职业培训。世界银行非洲性别创新实验室（GIL）正在对该项目的一个子组件进行影响评估，该子组件的受益者将参加为期六个月或九个月的技术培训课程，随后进行为期三个月的实习，并得到就业搜寻支持计划。为了实现其目标，该项目将在数年内分阶段对不同的申请者群体进行培训。本数据集是通过子组件一的第二次参与群体的基线调查生成的。申请者年龄必须在17至30岁之间，并且有机会选择包括机械/汽车机械、电气、焊接、纺织、木工、烹饪等在内的多种行业。
项目的主要目标是通过增强参与者的技术和管理技能，提高他们就业的机会。此外，该项目旨在支持希望进入非传统领域的年轻女性，这些领域通常由男性主导，但更具盈利性。换句话说，该项目旨在寻找解决劳动力市场性别隔离问题的方案。项目为年轻男性提供每日交通补贴1500非洲金融共同体法郎，为年轻女性提供2000非洲金融共同体法郎。为女性提供更高的补贴，特别是为了鼓励年轻母亲参与该项目。通过这些激励措施，项目希望将受益者中的女性比例增加到约50%。
地理覆盖范围
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影响评估和项目在刚果共和国的布拉柴维尔和波因特-诺瓦两市进行。这两座城市的特殊性在于，它们拥有全国约70%的人口。
分析单元
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个人
抽样程序
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研究总体样本估计约为4427人（对照组和实验组）。在抽样过程中，通过提供多个替换名单达到这一样本量。
为了选择项目的受益者，在布拉柴维尔和波因特-诺瓦的所有区收集了申请。如时间线表所示，申请过程在两个城市中持续了两个月。在每个城市中，开设了多个申请中心，以在上述时间内定期收集申请。要符合项目资格，以下标准是必需的：
- 年龄在17至30岁之间；
- 在申请前至少辍学一年；
- 没有开始大学学习；
- 至少接受过6年教育；
- 为刚果公民；
在申请中心，青年男女由政府成员协助填写申请表。在填写表格上请求的个人信息公开后，他们被随机分配到两个房间中的一个。在房间A中，申请者可以观看提供每个行业一般信息的视频。分配到房间B的申请者可以观看提供一般信息以及额外行业收入信息的视频。在观看视频后，申请者被要求选择最多两个他们感兴趣接受培训的行业。随后，他们将与所选行业的培训师进行一对一访谈，在此期间，他们还被要求参加阅读和基础数学测试。
对于每个行业，目标是选择两倍于可用名额的申请者。然后在每个行业和每个性别中进行随机抽取，将申请者分配到对照组或实验组。
数据收集方式
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计算机辅助个人访谈 [capi]
研究工具
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问卷分为以下调查模块：
ID：识别
SE：受访者情况
ED：教育
EM：就业
AR：活动
EN：创业
EP：生产设备
PP：职业项目
AP：过往活动
EC：储蓄
CR：信贷
TR：转移
DE：支出
BP：家庭资产
LM：家庭成员名单
CF：家庭背景
CC：认知能力
AS：抱负
GE：性别与创业
CN：非认知能力
CA：代理
CD：项目申请
问卷可在“下载”选项卡下下载。