Delivering qualitative impact evaluations in the youth employment sector

Summary

This resource provides an overview of different types of impact evaluation methods to help you understand what is available and when best to use them.

It is aimed at anyone involved in delivering, evaluating, or funding employment support programmes.

It focuses on qualitative or theory-based impact evaluation, taking you through some of the most common types, and details specific considerations for implementing these in the youth employment sector.

The resource was comissioned by Youth Futures and produced by Ipsos and NPC. It is one of several learning outputs that aim
to capture and share knowledge and insights from the building evaluation capacity initiative.

Contents

• Introduction
• Overview of impact evaluation methods
• Overview of qualitative impact evaluation methods
• Preparing for an external impact evaluation
• Other resources and about the authors