Reform of formal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is urgently needed in most low- and middle-income countries. Demographic trends, coupled with higher rates of students completing...
Reform of formal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is urgently needed in most low- and middle-income countries. Demographic trends, coupled with higher rates of students completing...
Greece’s active labor market policy is undergoing reform to improve the effectiveness of Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) by strengthening their design, targeting and implementation. As per common...
Greece suffers from high long-term and youth unemployment because of its protracted economic crisis.Greece’s active labor market policy is undergoing reform focused on program design and significant changes...
This note focuses on the role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides guidance on reducing the adverse impact of the pandemic on...
This book describes the methodology and the main findings and results of the technical assistance that was provided to the Świętokrzyskie region in Poland to strengthen the incidence, duration, and quality...
This report examines one of the most influential forces in any society, one that can contribute both to bridging differences or to deepening divides among people: skills. The skills that people have when...
This report complements the recent World Bank publication, Growing United: Upgrading Europe’s Convergence Machine (Bodewig, C., Ridao-Cano, C., 2018). The Growing United report highlights that, while the...
The Employer Survey Snapshot features a descriptive analysis of the data collected during the first two waves of the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity (STEP) Employer Surveys. Key objectives of...
Forecasts of labor and skill demand are an important tool to guide policy-decisions and efficient investments in education and training, and thus better align labor and skill supply with demand. Broad...
Forecasts of labor and skill demand are an important tool to guide policy-decisions and efficient investments in education and training, and thus better align labor and skill supply with demand. Broad...
Botswana has an official unemployment rate of 17.8 percent. The low labor-intensity of growth is a potential explaining factor for this high level of unemployment. It is thus essential to analyze the role...
Human development is one of the pillars of Botswana’s Country Partnership Strategy with the World Bank (2009-13). The Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) is in line with Botswana’s ‘vision 2016,’ which...
Improved access to and quality of upper secondary schools, teacher training colleges, Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs), and demand-driven Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) courses...