04Employment policy & programme evaluation

Labour-market policy and programme design

How can labour-market programmes use evidence to improve design, targeting and implementation?

Evaluators turning labour-market evidence into practical programme and policy choices
Completed engagement · 2020–2023

The documented challenge

The documented portfolio spans employment strategy, internship impact, self-employment support, sector-strategy review and cost-impact assessment for UNDP and GIZ.

How the work is structured

  1. Translate programme objectives into evaluation questions, evidence requirements and practical stakeholder consultations.
  2. Assess implementation experience, participant outcomes, institutional arrangements and cost implications.
  3. Convert findings into recommendations for programme design, policy choices and delivery improvement.

Documented outputs

  • Programme and policy evaluations
  • Impact and cost assessment
  • Implementation recommendations

How progress is assessed

  • Strength of the evidence base
  • Relevance of recommendations to programme decisions
  • Clarity of implementation implications

The decision focus

The assignments helped programme owners decide what to retain, what to change and where additional evidence or institutional capacity was required.

Evidence base: Programme documents, administrative data, stakeholder interviews, participant evidence and policy frameworks.