The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bolivia: Improving Employability and Labor Income of Youth Project (P143995) Bolivia: Improving Employability and Labor Income of Youth Project (P143995) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Bolivia | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 13 | ARCHIVED on 16-Oct-2021 | ISR47346 | Implementing Agencies: Coordinacion General del Plan Generacion de Empleo, Ministry of Development Planning (Ministerio de Planificación del Desarrollo), Plurinational State of Bolivia Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 15-May-2014 Effectiveness Date: 29-Sep-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 01-Sep-2017 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 31-May-2017 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2020 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2021 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to improve employability and labor income of poor youth by supporting the expansion of the Skills Development Programs in Selected Cities. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1 - Improving and Expanding the Skills Development Program (US$15.38 million IDA):(Cost $15.38 M) Component 2 – Strengthening the Implementation Arrangements to Administer, Monitor and Evaluate the Skills Development Program (US$2.56 million IDA):(Cost $2.56 M) Unallocated:(Cost $0.28 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions This ISR summarizes the findings and recommendations of the Project implementation support covering the period between January and September 2021. Despite the ongoing crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Project has reported that it reached 6,448 direct beneficiaries. This number refers to the total number of individuals benefiting from labor insertions, internships, and different types of training programs financed under the Project. The implementation of the latest set of activities such as virtual employability skills training, and other technical skills training programs have contributed to the increased number of project beneficiaries, though the training activities did not reach the intended number of beneficiaries. The Project has met the target for geographical coverage; it has been implemented in La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, Sucre, Tarija, Oruro and Potosí. Implementation progress has slowed down in 2021. The Project is expected to close by December 10/16/2021 Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bolivia: Improving Employability and Labor Income of Youth Project (P143995) 31, 2021. The team is currently finalizing an impact evaluation with the general objective of estimating the causal impact of youth participation in the Project on their job opportunities (employment and salary), quality of employment (hours worked, social protection, and other contractual aspects), and occupational mobility (average occupation time, average unemployment time). mpaTable Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) Status mpaTableBody Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- High High Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- High High Institutional Capacity for Implementation and -- Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary -- Moderate Substantial Environment and Social -- Low Low Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- Substantial Substantial Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improving Employability and Labor Income of Vulnerable Youth IN01011227 ►Increase in the average labor income of PMEIL beneficiaries one year after completing the on-job training. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 Date 24-Jan-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 Preliminary results of the impact evaluation indicate that the activity had a positive impact on the beneficiaries' labor income after the completion of the program. The outcome has been measured for the cohort of beneficiaries that entered the program between 2017 and March 2019. However, the impact Comments: evaluation report is still to be approved by the authorities and shared with the World Bank. Therefore, the results cannot be reported in this ISR. IN01011228 10/16/2021 Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bolivia: Improving Employability and Labor Income of Youth Project (P143995) ►Increase in the placement rate of PMEIL beneficiaries in a job with at least minimum salary one year after completing the on-the-job training. (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 24-Jan-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 Preliminary results of the impact evaluation indicate that the activity had a positive impact on the future placement rate. The outcome has been measured for the cohort of beneficiaries that entered the program Comments: between 2017 and March 2019. However, the impact evaluation report is still to be approved by the authorities and shared with the World Bank. Therefore, the results cannot be reported in this ISR. IN01011229 ►Percentage of vacancies registered during the project that are filled with a project beneficiary (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 Date 24-Jan-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 In the period January 2018 - October 2020, 5,462 vacancies were registered and covered with beneficiaries of the Project. In the second half of 2020, 224 vacancies were registered and filled with program beneficiaries; 70.5 percent of the young people benefited from job placement (on-the-job training), Comments: 17.9 percent with an internship, and 11.6 percent with an internship + job placement (on-site training). The target value is currently exceeded and it is expected that the value will remain above the target until Project’s closing. IN01011230 ►Expansion of geographical coverage of the PMEIL (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 9.00 9.00 7.00 Date 24-Jan-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 The project is being implemented in nine (capital or intermediate) cities. Young individuals from La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Cochabamba, Sucre, Tarija, Oruro, Potosi, and Beni have participated Comments: in project supported activities. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1 - Improving and Expanding the Skills Development Program (US$15.38 million IDA) IN01011241 ►Direct Project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5,320.00 6,448.00 6,500.00 Date 24-Jan-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 Supporting information that confirms the number of direct beneficiaries is still to be submitted to the World Bank. According to the latest project report from june 2021, there have been 1,052 internships, 4,355 job Comments: placements, and 877 training beneficiaries; 164 beneficiaries completed 170 training courses. These numbers would need to be verified by the World Bank once the beneficiary database has been shared. 10/16/2021 Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bolivia: Improving Employability and Labor Income of Youth Project (P143995) Previously, the team was able to verify a much lower number of direct project beneficiaries from the database that was shared in December 2020. Once the supporting documentation and/or complete database has been submitted to the Bank, the team will be able to present accurate numbers per intervention that will be recorded in the final ISR. IN01011242 Percentage of female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 40.00 49.40 49.40 50.00 IN01011243 ►Beneficiaries of labor market programs (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5,205.00 6,448.00 6,500.00 Date 24-Jan-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 This indicator tracks the total number of youth that are receiving or have received any of the intervention Comments: packages foreseen in the operational manual. IN01011244 Beneficiaries of labor market programs - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,539.00 3,269.00 3,250.00 IN01011245 ►Beneficiaries that have received on-the-job training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 4,403.00 4,355.00 4,000.00 Date 24-Jan-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 The program has stopped placing new beneficiaries as of September 2020. Comments: IN01011246 ►Beneficiaries of internships (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 131.00 1,059.00 1,052.00 1,500.00 Date 21-Apr-2019 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 The program has been discontinued. The target number has not been reached. Comments: IN01011247 ►Beneficiaries that have completed the employability training course. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 253.00 877.00 3,500.00 Date 25-Jun-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 10/16/2021 Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bolivia: Improving Employability and Labor Income of Youth Project (P143995) The activity was interrupted for several months (October-December 2019) due to social and political unrests in the country. The delivery mode had to be changed to a virtual training (due to the pandemic) and Comments: the target number of beneficiaries was reduced to 875. The activity was subsequently extended and completed by the end of 2020. IN01011248 ►Beneficiaries that have completed the on-the-job training and/or internship (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 60.00 81.99 96.49 60.00 Date 01-Apr-2019 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 30-Dec-2021 Confirmation needs to be provided for the remaining 153 individuals who started the on-the-job training in Comments: June 2020. IN01011249 ►Employers who registered vacancies in PMEIL over total employers who registered vacancies in the Labor Insertion Program (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 50.00 75.90 75.90 50.00 Date 25-Jun-2018 28-Oct-2020 30-Sep-2021 31-Dec-2021 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P143995 IDA-54610 Effective USD 20.00 20.00 0.00 7.09 11.20 39% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P143995 IDA-54610 Effective 15-May-2014 01-Oct-2014 29-Sep-2015 31-Dec-2020 31-Dec-2021 Cumulative Disbursements 10/16/2021 Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bolivia: Improving Employability and Labor Income of Youth Project (P143995) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 21-Dec-2017 ,Level 2 Approved on 11-Oct-2019 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 10/16/2021 Page 6 of 6