On average, each entra 21 project trained 400 youths, providing them short-term courses in information technologies and life skills. It also provided job placement services and arranged internships in local businesses.
According to several evaluations, entra 21 either met or surpassed its goals: it trained more than 19,000 youths, finding jobs for more than half of them. At 11%, its dropout rate was nearly half the original limit. Employer satisfaction with program graduates was gauged at 92%.
The MIF, an autonomous fund administered by the IDB, promotes private sector development in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on microenterprise and small business.
Inter-American Development Bank