Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector : Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa
This book looks at the experience of skills development in five African countries, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania, that together account for one-third of the nearly 900 million people living in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study examines: (...
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okr-10986-158022021-04-23T14:03:22Z Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector : Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa Adams, Arvil V. Johansson de Silva, Sara Razmara, Setareh BASIC SKILLS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STATISTICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DISTRIBUTION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY RATES LIVING CONDITIONS LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVELS RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOLING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING TRAINING TRAINING SCHEMES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION This book looks at the experience of skills development in five African countries, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania, that together account for one-third of the nearly 900 million people living in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study examines: (a) the employment characteristics of the informal sector, (b) its size and impact on poverty, (c) the profile of education and training in the informal and formal sectors and the links with employment and earnings, and (d) the skills development strategies of those working in the informal sector. It draws on household survey data in the five countries as well as institutional analyses of the many programs offering opportunities for skills development. This book defines the nonfarm informal sector as follows: (i) the self-employed (that is, those working on their own and with additional workers), (ii) the contributing family members, and (iii) the wage workers in small and household enterprises. Chapter two discusses the background for this definition. The empirical analysis of the five country cases shows that the nonfarm informal sector is a significant part of the economic landscape in these countries. The study is well anchored in a larger literature on the informal sector, and its findings are linked to and consistent with this literature. Its findings are therefore expected to be relevant to many other countries in the region, as well as other regions such as South and East Asia. The book aims to provide insights and messages for a wide audience concerned with skills development. It raises issues relevant to government policy makers, the donor community, and those responsible for labor market institutions that provide information, regulate, and support the intermediation of labor demand and supply, as well as for public and private skills providers, employers, children and their parents, new labor market entrants, and of course those already working in the informal sector. 2013-09-24T22:22:33Z 2013-09-24T22:22:33Z 2013-06-18 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17899566/improving-skills-development-informal-sector-strategies-sub-saharan-africa 978-0-8213-9968-2 10.1596/978-0-8213-9968-2 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15802 English en_US Directions in Development--Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Africa |
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BASIC SKILLS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STATISTICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DISTRIBUTION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY RATES LIVING CONDITIONS LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVELS RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOLING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING TRAINING TRAINING SCHEMES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION |
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BASIC SKILLS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION STATISTICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DISTRIBUTION LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERACY RATES LIVING CONDITIONS LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION PRIMARY LEVELS RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOLING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING TRAINING TRAINING SCHEMES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Adams, Arvil V. Johansson de Silva, Sara Razmara, Setareh Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector : Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa |
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This book looks at the experience of
skills development in five African countries, Ghana, Kenya,
Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania, that together account for
one-third of the nearly 900 million people living in
Sub-Saharan Africa. The study examines: (a) the employment
characteristics of the informal sector, (b) its size and
impact on poverty, (c) the profile of education and training
in the informal and formal sectors and the links with
employment and earnings, and (d) the skills development
strategies of those working in the informal sector. It draws
on household survey data in the five countries as well as
institutional analyses of the many programs offering
opportunities for skills development. This book defines the
nonfarm informal sector as follows: (i) the self-employed
(that is, those working on their own and with additional
workers), (ii) the contributing family members, and (iii)
the wage workers in small and household enterprises. Chapter
two discusses the background for this definition. The
empirical analysis of the five country cases shows that the
nonfarm informal sector is a significant part of the
economic landscape in these countries. The study is well
anchored in a larger literature on the informal sector, and
its findings are linked to and consistent with this
literature. Its findings are therefore expected to be
relevant to many other countries in the region, as well as
other regions such as South and East Asia. The book aims to
provide insights and messages for a wide audience concerned
with skills development. It raises issues relevant to
government policy makers, the donor community, and those
responsible for labor market institutions that provide
information, regulate, and support the intermediation of
labor demand and supply, as well as for public and private
skills providers, employers, children and their parents, new
labor market entrants, and of course those already working
in the informal sector. |
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Adams, Arvil V. Johansson de Silva, Sara Razmara, Setareh |
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Adams, Arvil V. Johansson de Silva, Sara Razmara, Setareh |
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Adams, Arvil V. |
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Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector : Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector : Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector : Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector : Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Improving Skills Development in the Informal Sector : Strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa |
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improving skills development in the informal sector : strategies for sub-saharan africa |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17899566/improving-skills-development-informal-sector-strategies-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15802 |
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