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Detailed Information

Country	Country: Liberia
GDP per capita	552
Context details	Women with at least complete primary education
Age	16-27, mean: 22

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2010
Implementer	NGO
Duration (months)	12
Cost	The unit cost of training was about USD 1,650
Intervention details	The program combined classroom-based technical and soft skills training, followed by six months of follow-up support to enter wage employment or start a business

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Employment	N/A	3	608	Coeff: 0.14; SE:0.04; SD: 100.00

Study	Adoho, Franck, Shubha Chakravarty, Dala T. Korkoyah, Mattias KA Lundberg, and Afia Tasneem. "The impact of an adolescent girls employment program: the EPAG project in Liberia." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6832 (2014).