Abstract
The authors address the economic impact of the labor force training program (PAFPA) developed for the informal sector in Cote d'Ivoire. The data contain a subsample of the participants in the agricultural sector, tailoring sector, and the electronics sector, and a comparable control group of nonparticipants. The data have been analyzed using standard program evaluation tools, namely difference-in-difference estimators, in order to detect potential program impacts. The authors find positive economic impacts as a result of training received for some groups, namely women, the agricultural and electronics sectors, firms employing 1-3 individuals, and firms with 10 or more employees.
Highlights
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impacts of the training component of the Labor Force Training Support project in Côte d’Ivoire ( PAFPA—Project d’Appui a la Formation de la Population)
This paper addresses the economic impact of the labor force training program (PAFPA) developed for the informal sector in Côte d’Ivoire
The conclusions drawn are that positive economic impacts are found for some groups as a result of training received, namely women, the agricultural and electronics sectors, firms employing 1-3 individuals and firms with 10 or more employees
Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the impacts of the training component of the Labor Force Training Support project in Côte d’Ivoire ( PAFPA—Project d’Appui a la Formation de la Population). PAFPA was initiated in an environment that resulted from over a decade of economic crisis that led to a fall of GDP by 1 percent per year during 1990-93, increasing unemployment, and deepening poverty. It was expected that new opportunities would be opened in the economy for small and medium-size enterprises, micro-enterprise and informal sector activities involved in the production of import-substitutable goods and sub-contracting. Within this context, PAFPA sought to contribute to the long-term effort of the economic recovery, by improving productivity and employability of a growing and diverse labor force, in an environment in which excess demand for quality labor had been on the rise
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