After four years of advancing learning through its Youth Workforce Development Learning Agenda, USAID initiated a process in 2022 to review new evidence related to the learning questions. In addition to a desk review, consultations were held with stakeholders involved in youth skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship programming in low- and middle-income countries. This process resulted in a series of State of the Evidence Updates. Each brief offers a short synopsis of learning around one of USAID’s current learning agenda themes and is intended to support evidence-based decision-making in youth workforce development.
Briefs available are:
- State of the Evidence Update: Soft Skills Measurement(PDF, 418 KB)
- State of the Evidence Update: Soft Skills Interventions(PDF, 446 KB)
- State of the Evidence Update: Are Workforce Development Programs Effective at Preventing Violence?(PDF, 316 KB)
- State of the Evidence Update: Work-based Learning in Youth Workforce Development(PDF, 863 KB)
- State of the Evidence Update: Access to Capital for Young Entrepreneurs(PDF, 379 KB)