This study discusses the need for developing countries to improve economic productivity. It draws on lessons from successful country experiences with skills training to develop an approach to the development...
The movement from centrally planned to market economies will not eliminate the need for manpower planning. Rather, it will substantially change the roles manpower planners play and the techniques they...
The potential of educational technologies for improving education and training effectiveness, increasing educational access, and reducing costs, has been the subject of considerable debate, research and...
Vocational education and training (VET) is a major part of Thailand's education system. It is primarily delivered through public and private vocational schools and colleges, which provide almost as many...
In the past ten years the most striking achievement of vocational education and training (VET) has been the development of national training systems from nonformal training centres and post secondary technical...
Relatively few developing countries have established a sustainble capacity for educational monitoring and evaluation. As a result, the efforts of governments and assistance agencies to improve education...
One of the long standing issues in education development has been productive job training in rapidly changing economies. The argument has been made that vocational secondary schools are not well equipped...
In the past ten years the most striking achievement of vocational education and training (VET) has been the development of national training systems from nonformal training centres and post secondary technical...
China has embarked on a series of reforms designed to improve the efficiency of productive enterprises through the introduction of elements of a competitive market economy. Vocational and technical education...
Uncertainty and instability in the implementation environment, and higher levels of innovation in objectives and strategies, have combined to increase the difficulty of development project management in...
This paper analyzes the management of seventeen Bank-supported education projects in twelve countries. An analytical framework drawn from management theory is applied to case studies of the projects to...