Economics & Development

The minute is related to IFC Project 51260.

This paper evaluates a socio-emotional skills training programme for 4,728 urban Tanzanian youth who were not in full-time employment, education, or training. A randomized design compared awareness (for example, self-awareness, empathy, and active listening), management (for example, self-control, personal initiative, and negotiation), and combined curricula. Socio-emotional skills were measured using self-reported and behavioral indicators. Training increased self-reported socio-emotional skills in the short run across both domains, but had limited effects on behavioral measures, and all socio-emotional skills gains faded after one year. Modest but sustained employment gains were observed among men who were job seekers at baseline. Training did not improve labor market outcomes for women. No differential effects were found across training types, and each training affected skills in the alternative domain, suggesting that socio-emotional skills domains are interrelated. These findings indicate that socio-emotional skills training may improve labor market outcomes only for specific subgroups, particularly in the absence of complementary interventions tackling barriers to employment.

قتصاد افغانستان در حال گسترش است تا حدی، اما این رشد بهتر نشده است زندگی مردم. فعالیت اقتصادی انتخاب شده است صعودی، حمایت شده توسط ثبات نسبی قیمت و افزایش جمع آوری درآمد داخلی. با این حال، رشد سریع جمعیت—که توسط بازگشت میلیون ها افغان — به این معناست که درآمد هر نفر در حال کاهش است. در همین حالت زمان، سرمایه گذاری ضعیف و شغل محدود ایجاد همچنان فرصت ها را محدود می کند. در حالی که ثبات کلان اقتصادی تا حد زیادی تغییر کرده است حفظ شده اند، فشارهای خارجی رو به افزایش است، درگیری های منطقه ای و کاهش کمک ها افزایش آسیب پذیری و چشم انداز شکننده باقی می ماند.

Survey characteristics are the following - Baseline survey of 4000 households: Sep 2023- Jan 2024; Representativeness: national, regional, urban/rural; Multi-topic: Migration, education, child development, child deprivation, health, labor market, finance, consumption, dwelling etc.